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Published on: 24.03.2024

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Standing ovations for the premiere of Richard Strauss’ Elektra at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.

Video: Adam Janisch

More impressions from the premiere:

Well-deserved applause for the singers and for chief conductor Kirill Petrenko. (from left: Johan Reuter (Orest), Nina Stemme (Elektra), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Aegisth), Michaela Schuster (Klytämnestra), Elza van den Heever (Chrysothemis)) | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

Star of the show: Nina Stemme rages on stage for almost two hours as Elektra. | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

The performers together with stage directors Philipp Stölz and Philipp M. Krenn | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

Picture: Monika Rittershaus

The Festspielhaus from the orchestra’s perspective | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

Space is tight for the musicians in the orchestra pit. | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

Ovations for the orchestra after the performance. | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

The beginning of the end: Clytemnestra falls down the stairs as Elektra’s revenge takes its course. | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

Picture: Monika Rittershaus

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