The Iconic, bold and devestatingly powerful Elektra hits Arts Centre Melbourne’s Hamer Hall stage next month, with world renowned soprano Catherine Foster

One of the greatest operas of all time, Elektra, is set to ignite Hamer Hall with this concert one night only on 14 September with Victorian Opera, in association with Orchestra Victoria and Australian National Academy of Music.

Based on the Sophocles’s tragedy about betrayal, grief and family revenge; this brilliantly complex yet astute work was written by Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal at the height of their career. The story follows Elektra as she yearns to avenge the murder of her father, King Agamemnon. It’s a bold and dramatic cathartic journey that is the basis of one of the great character arcs in operatic literature, and has gone on to influence popular narrative formulas seen in blockbuster movies to theatre the world over.

Victoria Opera is honoured to host revered dramatic soprano, Catherine Foster, a veteran of Bayreuth Festival and other major opera houses across the world, as she sings the title role alongside a stellar Australian cast. Maestro Richard Mills conducts the combined forces of Orchestra Victoria and the exceptionally talented young musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music.

Creative Team and Cast

Composer Richard Strauss
Librettist  Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Conductor Chad Richard Mills
Stage Manager Marina Milankovic
Orchestra Orchestra Victoria, Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) Musicians

Elektra Catherine Foster
Klytemnestra Deborah Humble
Chrysothemis Anna-Louise Cole
Aegisth James Egglestone
Orest Derek Welton
The Confidante Olivia Cranwell
The Trainbearer & The Overseer Kathryn Radcliffe
Young Servant Paul Biencourt
Old Servant Stephen Marsh
Maidservants Olivia Cranwell, Shakira Dugan, Sally-Anne Russell, Rebecca Rashleigh, Dimity Shepherd

Dates and times

Elektra

Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall
Runtime: 1 hour 40, with no interval
Sung in German with English surtitles

14 September, 7.30 pm