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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.

Mezzo-soprano

Marie-Luise Dressen

Events

Upcoming events

13 - 15 Feb, 2026

Strauss: Elektra / Alan Gilbert · Elbphilharmonie

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13 - 15 Feb, 2026

Strauss: Elektra / Alan Gilbert · Elbphilharmonie

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