Opera Cheat Sheet: Elektra

Opera Cheat Sheet: Elektra

Update: 2016-04-29
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In this OCS, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra discuss Richard Strauss’s telling of the story of the children of King Agamemnon who are hell bent on seeking revenge on their mother, Klytemnestra, for her cold-blooded killing of their father.  Based on the Sophocles play of the same name, Elektra is a powerful drama in which so many of the characters seem always on the verge of madness.... Read More

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Opera Cheat Sheet: Elektra

Opera Cheat Sheet: Elektra