The genius director Patrice Ch\u00e9reau (From the House of the Dead) didn\u2019t live to see his great Elektra production, previously presented in Aix and Milan, make it to the stage of the Met. But his overpowering vision lives on with soprano Nina Stemme\u2014unmatched today in the heroic female roles of Strauss and Wagner\u2014who portrays Elektra\u2019s primal quest for vengeance. Legendary mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier is chilling as Elektra\u2019s fearsome mother, Klyt\u00e4mnestra. Soprano Adrianne Pieczonka and bass Eric Owens are Elektra\u2019s troubled siblings. Ch\u00e9reau\u2019s musical collaborator, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conducts.<\/p>\n
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