The Metropolitan Opera High Definition broadcast of the Richard Strauss opera, “Elektra,” will be held at the Colorado Mountain College, Breckenridge, on Saturday, April 30, beginning at 11 a.m.

The 1909 opera is adapted from librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s play of the same name, which was in turn a free adaptation of Sophocles’ classic tragedy. The freedom lies not so much in the plot, ...

Seattle Opera began its 2008-09 season with the voluptuous melody and grand Egyptian setting of Verdi’s “Aida.” It would be hard to come up with a stronger contrast than Richard Strauss’ “Elektra,” as ...

The Nikolaus Lehnhoff production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele in 2010. Iréne Theorin stars as Elektra, with Eva-Maria Westbroek as Chrysothemis, Waltraud ...

Edward Gardner joins Gramophone Editor Martin Cullingford to discuss his new recording of Richard Strauss’s Elektra on the Chandos label For this episode, we're joined by conductor Edward Gardner, who ...

It's hard to imagine confirmed Straussians not wanting this starry Metropolitan Opera performance of Elektra. Strauss and his librettist, Hugo von Hofmannstahl, transformed Sophocles' take on Homer's ...

Virginia Opera took a bold step this weekend in presenting Richard Strauss’ “Elektra.” This demanding opera fuses music and drama into one intense act lasting about 90 minutes. It’s a thrilling, ...