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ELEKTRA
BY RICHARD STRAUSS
Benedum Center
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Friday, March 21 8 pm
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Sunday, March 23 2 pm
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 work as powerful as
Elektra reminds us of the often bloody and passionate side of opera, which
isn't always pretty! However, the musical language and drama of the German
repertoire not only offer us a different way of looking at opera, but
also give us the opportunity to hear a distinctive style of opera singing.
Renate Behle, who will make her Pittsburgh Opera debut as the doomed Elektra,
Margaret Jane Wray and Reinhild Rünkel are all renowned for their
specialization in this vocally challenging repertoire.
THE STORY The searing power of Strauss'
music takes center stage in this emotionally explosive Greek tragedy.
Elektra, enraged by her father's murder at the hands of her adulterous
mother and her lover, vows to avenge his death. The violence of her vengeance
is unleashed with startling force as Elektra builds to its arresting climax.
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ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME:
One hour, fifty minutes |
THE CAST
PRODUCTION
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Conductor
Stage Director
Set/Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Assistant Lighting Designer
Assistant Director
Chorus Master/ Assistant Conductor
Production Stage Manager
Principal Coach
Accompanist
Make-up and Hair Design
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John Mauceri
Thor Steingraber
John Bury
Thomas Munn
Deborra Bergmark-Peelor
Thaddeus Strassberger
Brian Garman
Peter Hynds
Susanna Lemberskaya
Laura Friesen
Elsen Associates
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Cast and program are subject to change without notice.
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TO FIND OUT
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ELEKTRA SEMINAR
"Love, Murder, Revenge
- It's All in the Family"
Click
here for information and registration form PDF
or call 412.661.4224.
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FREE
DOMINION
PITTSBURGH
OPERA PREVIEW
March 6, 10 pm.
OPERA
UP CLOSE
with Christopher Hahn and John Mauceri
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Lecture
Hall March 9, 4 – 6 pm.
SUGGESTED READING
Richard Strauss,
An Intimate Portrait
by Kurt Wilhelm.
Thames & Hudson, 2000.
Salome and Elektra
(Opera Guide #37)
Nicholas John, editor. Riverrun Press, 1988.
RECOMMENDED RECORDING
Elektra
Opera D' Oro
(OPD-1300)
RAI Orchestra Rome
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Conductor.
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