Elektra

Elektra - Robert Carsen

• Conductor

  Semyon Bychkov; Case Scaglione

• Music

  Richard Strauss
  (1864-1949)

• Libretto

  Hugo Hofmannsthal (von)

• Director

  Robert Carsen

• Choreography

  Philippe Giraudeau

• Set design

  Michael Levine

• Costume design

  Vazul Matusz

• Lighting design

  Robert Carsen

• Lighting design

  Peter Van Praet

• Chorus master

  Alessandro Di Stefano

“Over the course of a slow twilight”. Such was the stage direction which Hofmannsthal gave for a performance of Elektra, the one-act tragedy of unheard-of darkness and violence by Richard Strauss. It is also an expression often used to describe the waning days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and cosmopolitan Europe, namely, the opening years of the 20th century. Everything in Robert Carsen’s production, from the shadow play and spectral apparitions to the choreography, contributes to the sense of impending doom. With its monumental orchestra and voices pushed to the limits, post-Wagnerism reaches its most extreme limits and ignites once and for all in Elektra.

Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris

Elektra

Elektra - Robert Carsen

• Elektra

  Christine Goerke

• Chrysothemis

  Camilla Nylund

• Klytämnestra

  Angela Denoke

• Aegisth

  Gerhard Siegel

• Orest

  Tómas Tomasson

• Der Pfleger des Orests

  Philippe Rouillon

• Die Vertraute der Klytämnestra

  Stéphanie Loris

• Die Schlepptragerin

  Marianne Croux

• Ein junger Diener

  Lucian Krasznec

• Ein alter Diener

  Christian Tréguier

• Die Aufseherin

  Madeleine Shaw

• Erste Magd

  Katharina Magiera

• Zweite Magd

  Florence Losseau

• Dritte Magd

  Marie‑Luise Dressen

• Vierte Magd

  Sonja Šarić

• Fünfte Magd

  Laura Wilde

• Dienerinnen

  Sophie Claisse

• Rocio Ruiz Cobarro

• Caroline Bibas

• Yasuko Arita

• Daniela Entcheva

• Caroline Petit