Washington National Opera's Elektra at the Kennedy Center
This production is a revival of Elektra at the WNO. I can't imagine why they brought it back because it is beyond understanding, BUT Strauss' opera itself is fierce. The sopranos Susan Bullock and Christine Goerke and the mezzo Irina Mishura were nothing less than a dream. Christine arguably has the biggest soprano voice in the world and it is beautiful. We'll have Christine as the Foreign Princess in Rusalka at the Met next season. Watch out for her to rattle the gold rafters. I'm not kidding. Susan Bullock was unbelievable as Elektra. This one was Sally's choice, it being one of her favorites. I don't blame her. I wouldn't mind hearing this one over and over, especially if it included this cast. It was also our first opera at the WNO - her first outside of New York.
Performers Elektra Susan Bullock Chrysothemis Christine Goerke Klytemnästra Irina Mishura Orest Daniel Sumegi† Aegisth Alan Woodrow Tutor Robert Cantrell Overseer Vivian Tierney Klytemnästra's Trainbearer Alia Waheed Klytemnästra's Confidante Lisa Eden Young Servant Yingxi Zhang Old Servant David B. Morris Maidservants Aundi Marie Moore Elizabeth Andrews Roberts Magdalena Wór Claudia Huckle Yvette Smith Conductor Heinz Fricke Director David Kneuss Set and Costume Design Robert Israel Lighting Design Mimi Jordan Sherin
"The theatre can do things that you can't legislate, or preach, or make laws about. The theatre can do this thing of getting in, into your heart." ~George Hearn, Words and Music by Jerry Herman
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SB, you are the Master of Audience Appreciation. I'd like to know how many videos you have made of the cast taking their bows, total shows. Really!
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