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"Noble simplicity and quiet grandeur"? No way! With their breathtaking operatic shocker "Elektra," Richard Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal completely turned the 18th-century idealized image of antiquity on its head in 1909. Horror instead of humanism, revenge instead of a feat of glory, bloodbath instead of a flowering of culture: this one-act opera leaves no one unmoved to this day. And in terms of the musical language, Strauss and his mammoth orchestra also went to extremes in every respect.

EPSG:4326

Strauss: Elektra / Alan Gilbert

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

The Flying Dutchman navigates the earth, accursed, tirelessly searching for salvation. But he can only find deliverance if he finds a woman who will promise to be faithful to him, even in death. Wagner’s atmospheric thriller encompasses the search for home and the desire for another.

Soprano

Ingela Brimberg

Events

Past events

13 - 15 Feb, 2026

Strauss: Elektra / Alan Gilbert · Elbphilharmonie

Jan 16 - Mar 8, 2026

The Flying Dutchman · Oper Leipzig

Future and recently performed repertoire

Senta in The Flying Dutchman by Wagner

Oper Leipzig

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