The time taken by a slow sunset. This is Hofmannsthal's stage direction for the performance of Elektra, a one-act tragedy of unimaginable darkness and violence. The same term is often applied to the ...

The Royal Opera House’s new production of Elektra could do with an extra pinch of Saltburn-esque depravity. German auteur Christof Loy’s new production doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel. Instead it ...

The Lyric Opera of Chicago production of Richard Strauss' 'Elektra,' with soprano Nina Stemme in the title role. The same production is being presented by the Dallas Opera, but with Marjorie Owens as ...

SEATTLE — Richard Strauss' riveting opera “Elektra” is based on an ancient tragedy by Sophocles in which the title character obsesses about avenging the murder of her father, Agamemnon.

MONTREAL — Richard Strauss’ “Elektra” isn’t a “nice” opera, nor is it pretty, yet it was particularly powerful and beautiful, riveting even, at Saturday’s opening night performance at the Opéra de ...

Grip-the-armrest drama. Heroic singing. And every possible nuance from a massive orchestra. That was opening night of the Dallas Opera’s Elektra Friday, at the Winspear Opera House. The company has ...

Richard Strauss' "Elektra" opens at McCaw Hall Saturday night with American soprano Janice Baird making her Seattle Opera debut in the title role. In the latest Seattle Opera magazine, Paul Schiavo ...