Elektra

Washington National Opera

May 2, 2009, 1:00 pm

Composer: Richard Strauss
Conductor: Heinz Fricke

Cast: Susan Bullock (Elektra); Christine Goerke (Chrysothemis); Irina Mishua (Clytaemnestra); Daniel Sumegi (Orestes); Alan Woodrow (Aegisthus)

Surely, Clytaemnestra, Agamemnon and their kids Elektra and Orestes qualify as one of the most dysfunctional families in all of literature, not to mention opera. Elektra takes the lead in this chapter of their appalling yet absorbing history, with a star turn by soprano Susan Bullock.