Thu 18 Jun
ELEKTRA (ROH Live)
Frankwell QuayShrewsburySY3 8FT
Walker Theatre
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ON SCREEN IN THE WALKER THEATRE
LIVE FROM THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
ELEKTRA (NEW PRODUCTION)
Sung in German with English subtitles
Strauss’s thrilling and audacious adaptation of Greek tragedy receives a new staging by the award-winning director Christof Loy.
This uncompromising opera, about a daughter intent on bloody revenge and a mother driven to madness, has provoked critics to lively debate and both shocked and excited audiences since its 1909 premiere. Antonio Pappano conducts music that combines violence with moments of exquisite tenderness in his first Strauss interpretation for The Royal Opera since 2002. The outstanding cast includes Nina Stemme (Bru¨nnhilde in last Season’s Der Ring des Nibelungen) in the title role, and Karita Mattila in her role debut as the haunted queen Klytämnestra.
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
SCREENING 7.45PM
TICKETS £16.50 CHILD £12
Approx. 2h
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