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The Berlin Philharmonic in Strauss's most daring opera, with Nina Stemme in the title role as the tortured Elektra whose mother Clytemnestra has murdered her father Agamemnon. This concert performance given at the Berlin Philharmonie last April was the last time Nina Stemme will ever sing the role - not to be missed!

Presented by Kate Molleson in conversation with Nina Stemme.

Richard Strauss: Elektra
Elektra ..... Nina Stemme (soprano)
Chrysothemis, her sister ...... Elza van den Heever (soprano)
Klytemnestra, her mother ..... Michaela Schuster (mezzo-soprano)
Orest, her brother ..... Johan Reuter (baritone)
Aegisth, Klytemn盲stra's lover ..... Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (tenor)
Orest's tutor ..... Anthony Robin Schneider (bass)
Klytemnestra's trainbearer ..... Anna Denisova (soprano)
Young servant ..... Lucas van Lierop (tenor)
Old servant ..... Andrew Harris (bass)
Overseer ..... Kirsi Tiihonen (soprano)
Maids ..... Lauren Fagan and Dorothea Herbert (sopranos); Alexandra Ionis and Marvic Monreal (mezzo-sopranos); Katharina Magiera (alto)
Klytemnestra's confidante ..... Serafina Starke (soprano)
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Kirill Petrenko

On returning from the Trojan War, King Agamemnon is murdered by his queen Klytemnestra and her lover, his cousin Aegisth. Elektra, the queen's daughter, sends her brother Orest away for his own protection. The action begins a year later.

Determined to honour her father and longing to avenge his murder, Elektra becomes increasingly unkempt, desperate and unhinged. Her sister Chrysothemis wants to escape from the oppressive atmosphere of the palace. Elektra tells the now guilt-wracked Klytemnestra that she will die a violent death, but then hears the devastating news that her brother Orest is dead. However, a mysterious stranger appears. Elektra is overjoyed when she recognises him as Orest, who then fulfils his destiny with the brutal murder first of Klytemnestra and then Aegisth.

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