The time taken by a slow sunset. This is Hofmannsthal's stage direction for the performance of Elektra, a one-act tragedy of unimaginable darkness and violence. The same term is often applied to the ...

The Royal Opera House’s new production of Elektra could do with an extra pinch of Saltburn-esque depravity. German auteur Christof Loy’s new production doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel. Instead it ...

On my walk to the Kennedy Center for Washington National Opera’s new production of Richard Strauss’s “Elektra,” I encountered skeletons and zombies, a roving crew of drag “Karens” and what I must ...

Nina Stemme as Elektra and Sara Jakabiuk in an impressive Royal Opera debut as her sister Chrysothemis ...

The Lyric Opera of Chicago production of Richard Strauss' 'Elektra,' with soprano Nina Stemme in the title role. The same production is being presented by the Dallas Opera, but with Marjorie Owens as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chilling: Nina Stemme as Elektra with Karita Mattila as Klytämnestra - Alastair Muir In Christof Loy’s new production of Strauss’s ...

Christine Goerke sings her first Elektra at the Met in Patrice Chéreau’s landmark production, a sensation at its Met premiere last spring, which the Wall Street Journal called “revolutionary … a ...

Richard Strauss' "Elektra" opens at McCaw Hall Saturday night with American soprano Janice Baird making her Seattle Opera debut in the title role. In the latest Seattle Opera magazine, Paul Schiavo ...