Opera on 3: Richard Strauss 150

Elektra by Richard Strauss: From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Andris Nelsons conducts a performance of Strauss's Elektra, as part of Radio 3's Music on the Brink. The Greek hero Agamemnon returns home from the Trojan war, only to be murdered by his wife Klytemnestra and her lover, Aegusthus. His daughter, Elektra, has become possessed by a desperate need to revenge her father and will not rest until she has done so. Strauss: Elektra. Christine Goerke, soprano (Elektra), Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano (Chrysothemis), Michaela Schuster, soprano (Klytemnestra), Louise Armit, mezzo-soprano (Confidante), Marianne Cotterill, soprano (Trainbearer), Douglas Jones, tenor (Young Servant), Jeremy White, bass (Old Servant), Iain Paterson, bass (Orest), John Cunningham, bass (Orest's Companion), John Daszak, tenor (Agisth), Elaine Mckrill, soprano (First Maid), Anna Burford, mezzo-soprano (Second Maid), Catherine Carby, mezzo-soprano (Third Maid), Elizabeth Sikora, mezzo-soprano (Fourth Maid), Elizabeth Woollett, soprano (Fifth Maid), Royal Opera House Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus/Andris Nelsons. Followed by a Music on the Brink Modernist Moment, introduced by Tom Service