Opera on 3 - Opera on 3 from the Royal Opera House - Strauss' Elektra

Presented by Andrew McGregor. In a performance from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Mark Elder conducts soprano Susan Bullock in a highly-praised production of Strauss' one-act opera Elektra. Bullock won an RPS award for her interpretation of the title role, while Elder was also feted for his work. The opera tells the bloody story of Elektra and her dysfunctional family. She has sworn vengeance for the murder of her father, King Agamemnon, by her mother, Klytemnestra, and she eventually achieves this, but at the cost of several lives including, finally, her own. Elektra ...... Susan Bullock (soprano) Chrysothemis ...... Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) Klytemnestra ...... Jane Henschel (mezzo-soprano) Orest ...... Johan Reuter (baritone) Overseer ...... Miriam Murphy (soprano) First Maid ...... Frances McCafferty (mezzo-soprano) Second Maid ...... Monika-Evelin Liiv (mezzo-soprano) Third Maid ...... Kathleen Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano) Fourth Maid ...... Elizabeth Woollett (soprano) Fifth Maid ...... Eri Nakamura (soprano) Confidante ...... Louise Armit (mezzo-soprano) Trainbearer ...... Dervla Ramsay (mezzo-soprano) Young Servant ...... Alfie Boe (tenor) Old Servant ...... Jeremy White (bass) Orest's companion ...... Vuyani Mlinde (bass) Aegisth ...... Frank van Aken (tenor) The Royal Opera Chorus The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Mark Elder (conductor).