Performance

VenueRoyal Opera House
Other spaces: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From31st March 2003
To19th April 2003
WhenMar 31, Apr 4, 8, 12, 18 at 19:30, Apr 19 at 19:00
PricesFrom £4.00. To £130.00.
What is currently on at Royal Opera House (V377)

Elektra

ElektraT0255215547
An operatic psychodrama and the first opera to be influenced by the theories of Freud. Premiered in 1909 when it caused a storm this story is a free adaptation of Sophocles tragedy.
Music Strauss
Lyrics Hofmannsthal
Book by Sophocles


Archive :: production:T0255215547, opera or operetta:S1923, venue:V377

Production details

Sung in German with English surtitles. running time: 1 hour 50 minutes (no interval). New Production. Supported (2003) by the Benefactors' Circle.

Reviews

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Company

Company Royal Opera
Conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi
Design Charles Edwards
Costume Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Performer Anne Schwanewilms (Chrysothemis)
Performer Felicity Palmer (Klytemnestra)
Performer Siegfried Jerusalem (Aegistheus)
Performer John Tomlinson (Orestes)
Performer Frances McCafferty (Maid)
Performer Ekaterina Gubanova (Maid)
Performer Gillian Knight (Maid)
Performer Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (Maid)
Performer Rebecca Nash (Maid)
Performer Christine Bunning (Overseer)
Performer Darren Jeffrey (Orests's Tutor)
Performer Alasdair Elliott (Young Servant)
Performer Jonathan May (Old Servant)
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