If you take your seat early at the opera, normally there’s little else to do but thumb the program booklet or check out the sartorial choices of your fellow audience members. At Saturday evening’s ...
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 ...
On Saturday, San Francisco Opera opened a striking new production of Strauss’ chilling “Elektra” led by formidable soprano Christine Goerke in the title role, in the first time the company has staged ...
Brian Staufenbiel is sitting in a rehearsal room at Minnesota Opera's North Loop base, grinning with boyish enthusiasm at the production paraphernalia around him. Clunking bits of scenery loom over ...
“Elektra” is a stunning opera, but not everyone would say that it’s pretty. Its violence and brutality shocked audiences at its 1909 premiere and the shock value remains a century later. Composer ...
Lyric Opera of Chicago is excited to introduce to you the unforgettable talent of Richard Strauss, a virtuoso German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. His endless imagination and ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Richard Strauss' twisted psychodrama, Elektra, returns to the COC stage ...
Known sensation Andris Nelsons and the much-anticipated Christina Goerke were much more likely to hit the mark. Which they mostly did, even if the total revelation lay elsewhere. Nelsons hits hard and ...