The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
A royal family destroyed by conspiracy, madness, and vengeance is the setting for Washington National Opera's riveting Elektra. Richard Strauss' modernist masterpiece stars Susan Bullock, whose performance in the title role has been hailed a triumph by critics around the world. Under the baton of WNO Music Director Heinz Fricke, you'll be electrified as Elektra avenges her father's death.
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I had a terrific seat and could read the German translation to English very easily. Magnificient music.
Seats were a little to the side but still fine.
The woman who sang Electra was SUPERB and the orchestral music was beautiful. It's not, however, my favorite opera.
I'm no expert but I do play viola and thought the orchestra was in tune (not the case w/Nov. '07 production of Don Giovanni). Nice production I thought - wasn't too "out there" but modern. Had a great time and worth every penny!
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<p>Elektra
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<p>Composed by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
WNO Revival
Sung in German with English supertitles</p>
<p>Agamemnon, king of ancient Mycenae, has been murdered by his wife and her lover. Obsessed with her father's death, Elektra will stop at nothing until his death is avenged, but when her brother returns from exile and carries out her wishes, the mental strain proves too much for her, as the opera culminates in a frenzied dance of vengeance.</p>
Cast:
Elektra: Susan Bullock
Chrysothemis: Christine Goerke
Klytemnästra : Irina Mishura
Orest: Daniel Sumegi
Aegisth : Alan Woodrow
Tutor : Robert Cantrell
Overseer: Vivian Tierney
Klytemnästra's Trainbearer: Alia Waheed
Klytemnästra's Confidante: Lisa Eden
Young Servant : Yingxi Zhang
Old Servant : David B. Morris
Maidservants: Aundi Marie Moore, Elizabeth Andrews Roberts, Magdalena Wór, Claudia Huckle, Yvette Smith
Conductor: Heinz Fricke
Director: David Kneuss
Set and Costume Design: Robert Israel
Lighting Design: Mimi Jordan Sherin
Under the stewardship of General Director Placido Domingo, Washington National Opera continues to move confidently forward on a great adventure that began when the company was founded in 1956. Five decades and countless artistic leaps later, the Opera has achieved the stature of a world class company and plays to standing-room-only audiences at the Kennedy Center Opera House. The company recently received the designation "The National Opera" by the Congress of the United States of America.