The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts260 South Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19102
Types: Music [1]
Price Ranges: $10 - $113
Phone: (215) 893-1999
website [2]
When:
Repeats every 2 days every Thursday and every Saturday until Thu May 12 2011.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 4:00pm to 5:00pmTypes: Music [1]
Price Ranges: $10 - $113
Phone: (215) 893-1999
website [2]
[3]The Philadelphia Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Eva Johansson, Soprano (Elektra)
Melanie Diener, Soprano (Chrysothemis)
Jane Henschel, Mezzo-soprano (Klytemnästra)
Ain Anger, Bass (Orest)
Siegfried Jerusalem, Tenor (Aegist)
Strauss - Elektra (opera in concert) – FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
Strauss's scandalous retelling of Sophocles's Greek tragedy is imagined through an impossibly-demanding score for a large orchestra and a brave cast of daring singers. In 1909, and perhaps still today, this was the most progressive and daunting operatic work ever written. A century later these performances are the pinnacle of Maestro Dutoit's tenure.