Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, these performances have been cancelled.
In these concert performances of Elektra’s Strauss, with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the titular character will be sung by Catherine Foster. It will be performed in the Lighthouse in Poole on the 18th March, followed by a performance in Birmingham Symphony Hall on the 21st March.
Agamemnon the king is dead: murdered by his own wife. Crazy with hatred and horror, their daughter Elektra stalks the palace, brooding on the day when she will take bloody revenge. Richard Strauss’s Elektra turns Greek myth into a shattering psychological thriller, set to music powerful enough to shake the walls. With a world-class cast, this sequel to their 2015 performance of Strauss’s Salomé should be an electrifying showcase for Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
| Conductor | Kirill Karabits |
|---|---|
| Director | Geerjte Boden |
| Assistant Conductor | Anthony Kraus |
| Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | |
| Chorus from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and Trinity Laban | |
| Elektra | Catherine Foster |
| Klytaemnestra | Susan Bullock |
| Chrysothemis | Allison Oakes |
| Orest | Andreas Bauer Kanabas |
| Aegisth | Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts |
| Tutor to Orest | Simon Wilding |
| Young Servant | Peter Van Hulle |
| Overseer | Alwyn Mellor |
| 1st Maid | Emma Carrington |
| 2nd Maid | Sarah Pring |
| 3rd Maid | Rachael Lloyd |
| 4th Maid | Kiandra Howarth |
| 5th Maid | Natalia Tanasii |
| Confidante | Rose Johnson |
| Trainbearer | Alexandra Anusca |
For further details and tickets please see:
(Poole, 18th March):
(Birmingham, 21st March): https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/bc-2019-20-bournemouth-symphony-orchestra