Elektra (opera) - Wikipedia
网页Elektra, Op. 58, is a one-act opera by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, [1] which he adapted from his 1903 drama Elektra. The opera was the first of many collaborations between Strauss and Hofmannsthal. It was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 25 January 1909. It was dedicated to ...
ELEKTRA by Richard Strauss – the opera guide and synopsis
网页2020年4月19日 · Online opera guide and synopsis to Strauss’ ELEKTRA. Few operas can evoke such storms of applause at the end of a performance as Elektra. Its music and its leading role is unique in opera literature, and Strauss, the great tone painter, was able to go to the limits of his time with this music.
The Story Of 'Elektra' - NPR
网页2011年11月1日 · The Story Of 'Elektra' : NPR. November 1, 201110:26 AM ET. As the opera opens, Elektra's father, King Agamemnon, is already dead, and the score begins with a powerful four-note theme to...
The Opera’s Plot & Creation - Metropolitan Opera
网页The Story. Mycenae, an interior courtyard of the palace. A group of maidservants to Klytämnestra, Queen of Mycenae, gossip by the well, wondering whether Klytämnestra’s daughter Elektra will appear to grieve over her father, Agamemnon, as is her daily ritual. Elektra enters and the maidservants mock her for her unkempt appearance and ...
Elektra (Opera) Plot & Characters - StageAgent
网页Synopsis. King Agamemnon has sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia for the prosperity of his kingdom and his wife, Klytemnestra, has grown to hate him for this act. Along with her paramour, Aegisthus, Klytemnestra murders Agamemnon and becomes worried that their other children Elektra, Chrysothemis, and Orestes will seek to avenge her crime.
Elektra • The Dallas Opera
网页This 100-minute edge-of-your-seat retelling of the classic Greek myth is Richard Strauss at his most riveting and famed duo Sir David McVicar and John Macfarlane at their most thrilling.
Elektra - The Kennedy Center
网页Presented by Washington National Opera, host Saul Lilienstein takes you through the musical world of Strauss’ 1909 opera based on Sophocles’ tragedy, Elektra. Read the Student Guide Watch
Elektra | Richard Strauss - Opera-Arias.com
网页Elektra is a one-act opera by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, which he adapted from his 1903 drama Elektra. The opera was the first of many collaborations between Strauss and Hofmannsthal. It was first performed at the Dresden State Opera on January 25, 1909.
Elektra (20-21) - Metropolitan Opera
网页Elektra. Vengeful, implacable, pathological—the character of Electra has gripped audiences for nearly 2,500 years. Throughout her virtual existence, this mesmerizing protagonist, with her notorious lust for revenge and morbid father fixation, has given rise to representations and inspired discussion in formats as diverse as Ancient Greek ...
Elektra - Metropolitan Opera
网页The story takes place in Mycenae, Greece, some years after the end of the Trojan War. This mythically resonant era has inspired opera composers for centuries, including Monteverdi ( Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria , 1640), Gluck ( Iphigénie en Tauride , 1779), Mozart ( Idomeneo , 1781), Strauss himself ( Die Ägyptische Helena , 1928), and ...