Prom 59: Strauss – Elektra
19:30 Sun 31 Aug 2014 Royal Albert Hall
The ferociously powerful retelling of the Greek revenge myth
The ferociously powerful retelling of the Greek revenge myth
Programme
- ElektraSung in German
Performers
- Christine GoerkeElectra
- Gun-Brit BarkminChrysothemis
- Dame Felicity PalmerClytemnestra
- Robert KünzliAegisthus
- Johan ReuterOrestes
- Katarina Bradić1st Maid
- Zoryana Kushpler2nd Maid
- Hanna Hipp3rd Maid
- Marie-Eve Munger4th Maid
- Iris Kupke5th Maid
- Miranda KeysOverseer
- Ivan TuršićYoung Servant
- Jongmin ParkOrestes' Tutor
- Semyon Bychkovconductor
Composers
Prom 59: Strauss – Elektra
Elektra – Strauss’s brutal and ferociously powerful retelling of the Greek revenge myth – continues this weekend’s opera double bill. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Semyon Bychkov are joined by an international cast of soloists, led by American soprano Christine Goerke, with Danish baritone Johan Reuter as her beloved brother Orestes.
There will be no interval
