[Met Performance] CID:356433
New production
Elektra {102} Metropolitan Opera House: 04/14/2016., Metropolitan Opera Radio Sirius XM Broadcast live
Streamed at metopera.org

(Debuts: Dominique Bruguière, Vincent Huguet, Burkhard Ulrich, Bonita Hyman, Andrea Hill
Broadcast/Streamed)


Metropolitan Opera House
April 14, 2016 Broadcast/Streamed

New production


ELEKTRA {102}
Richard Strauss-Hugo Von Hofmannsthal

Elektra....................Nina Stemme
Chrysothemis...............Adrianne Pieczonka
Klytämnestra...............Waltraud Meier
Orest......................Eric Owens
Aegisth....................Burkhard Ulrich [Debut]
Overseer...................Susan Neves
Serving Woman..............Bonita Hyman [Debut]
Serving Woman..............Maya Lahyani
Serving Woman..............Andrea Hill [Debut]
Serving Woman..............Claudia Waite
Serving Woman..............Roberta Alexander
Confidant..................Susan Neves
Trainbearer................Andrea Hill
Young Servant..............Scott Scully
Old Servant................James Courtney
Guardian...................Kevin Short

Conductor..................Esa-Pekka Salonen

Production.................Patrice Chéreau
Set Designer...............Richard Peduzzi
Costume Designer...........Caroline de Vivaise
Lighting Designer..........Dominique Bruguière [Debut]
Stage Director.............Vincent Huguet [Debut]

The production a gift of Robert L. Turner

Additional funding a gift of the National Endowment for the Arts

In this production the Maids are called Serving Women

Broadcast live on Metropolitan Opera Radio Sirius XM channel 74
Streamed at metopera.org

Elektra received seven performances this season.



Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 2015-16
• Elektra: Conductor [Salonen, Esa-Pekka]
• Elektra: Elektra [Stemme, Nina]
• Elektra: Chrysothemis [Pieczonka, Adrianne]
• Elektra: Klytämnestra [Meier, Waltraud]
• Elektra: Orest [Owens, Eric]
• Elektra: Aegisth [Ulrich, Burkhard]
• Elektra: Overseer/Confidante [Neves, Susan]
• Elektra: Serving Woman [Hyman, Bonita]
• Elektra: Serving Woman [Lahyani, Maya]
• Elektra: Serving Woman/Trainbearer [Hill, Andrea]
• Elektra: Serving Woman [Waite, Claudia]
• Elektra: Serving Woman [Alexander, Roberta]
• Elektra: Young Servant [Scully, Scott]
• Elektra: Old Servant [Courtney, James]
• Elektra: Guardian [Short, Kevin]
• Elektra: Production [Chéreau, Patrice]
• Elektra: Designer [Peduzzi, Richard]
• Elektra: Costume Designer [de Vivaise, Caroline]
• Elektra: Lighting Designer [Bruguière, Dominique]
• Elektra: Stage Director [Huguet, Vincent]
• Turner, Robert L.: 2015-16: Production gift: Elektra
• 2015-16: Elektra: Production gift: Robert L. Turner
• National Endowment for the Arts: 2015-16: Additional Funding gift: Elektra
• 2015-16: Elektra: Additional funding gift: National Endowment for the Arts
• 2015-16: Elektra: 7 performances: New Production: Chéreau//Peduzzi/de Vivaise: Statistics
Met Careers
• Ulrich, Burkhard [Tenor]
• Alexander, Roberta [Soprano]
• Bruguière, Domininque [Lighting Designer]
• Chéreau, Patrice [Production]
• Courtney, James [Bass Baritone]
• de Vivaise, Caroline [Costume Designer]
• Hill, Andrea [Mezzo-Soprano]
• Huguet, Vincent [Stage Director]
• Hyman, Bonita [Mezzo-Soprano]
• Lahyani, Maya [Mezzo Soprano]
• Meier, Waltraud [Mezzo Soprano, Soprano]
• Neves, Susan [Soprano]
• Owens, Eric [Bass Baritone]
• Peduzzi, Richard [Set Designer]
• Pieczonka, Adrianne [Soprano]
• Salonen, Esa-Pekka [Conductor]
• Scully, Scott [Tenor]
• Short, Kevin [Bass]
• Stemme, Nina [Soprano]
• Waite, Claudia [Soprano]