On November 3, 1998, Elektra, the extraordinary opera by Richard Strauss, with a libretto by the poet and playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal, took to the stage of the Teatro Real for the first time, starring the soprano Eva Marton, considered one of the best interpreters of this role in the history of opera.
Among the ruins of La Fenice devoured by fire, recalling the fire that razed the iconic theatre in 1996, the scenography conceived by Ezio Toffolutti for stage director Henning Brockhaus further accentuates the desperation and tragedy of characters devoured by themselves and their destiny.
Eva Marton is accompanied by mezzo-soprano Anne Gjevang and soprano Ana María Sánchez in the leading roles, under the musical direction of García Navarro, who achieves, in this performance, an acclaimed interpretation of the complex score.
Tragedy in one act
Music by Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
RTVE Chorus
Principal Orchestra of the Teatro Real
Artistic team
Conductor | Luis Antonio García Navarro
Assistant and pointer | István Cserján
Stage director and lighting designer | Henning Brockhaus
Assistant | Giovanna di Rauso
Set designer | Ezio Toffolutti
Choreographer | Marta Ferri
Costume designer | Nana Cecchi
Chorus master | Laszlo Heltay
Cast
Clytemnestra | Anne Gjevang
Elektra | Eva Marton
Crisotemis | Ana María Sánchez
Egisto | Kenneth Riegel
Orestes | Hans Tschammer
Preceptor of Orestes | Juan Jesús Rodríguez
Clytemnestra's confidant | Laura Muñoz
Mantle bearer | Marta Arce
Young servant | Santiago Incera
Old servant | José de Juan
Warden | Maria José Martos
1ª maid | Mabel Perelstein
2ª maid | Alexandra Rivas
3ª maid | Itxaro Mentxaka
4ª maid | Arantxa Armentía
5ª maid | Marcela de Loa
Chorus on stage
Ángeles Fuentes
Virginia Gardyn
Ana María Prados Rojas
Cristina García Corrales
María Rey-Joly
Sonia Gancedo
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