Fri, Nov. 15, 2024, 7.30 pm - 9.20 pm | Main Stage
Richard Strauss
Elektra
Introduction at 6.50 pm
The war is over, and tragedy takes its course: the mother and her lover murder the father upon his return. The daughter hides her brother, keeping him safe. – Every day, Elektra thinks of her murdered father, plotting blood-stained celebrations of victory and waiting for the moment when her brother, reared as an avenger, returns. Under one roof with her father’s murderers, thirst for blood and revenge collide with the future plans of her younger sister, who longs for marriage and children, a life in harmony and bliss. The mother is governed by another delusion: “It is not a word, it is not pain, it does not pinch me or strangle me, … and yet it is so terrible that my soul wishes it had been hanged, and every part of my body cries out for death.” Sacrifice is meant to bring relief.
Director and Set Design: Dmitri Tcherniakov
Assistant Director: Thorsten Cölle
Costumes: Elena Zaytseva
Light: Gleb Filshtinsky
Video: Tieni Burkhalter
Dramaturgy: Tatiana Werestchagina
In German with German and English surtitles
Supported by the Foundation for the Support of the Hamburg State Opera
