Check out our trailer for the new production of R. Strauss's ELEKTRA, starring Nina Stemme, Adrianne Pieczonka, Waltraud Meier and Eric Owens. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts.On stage April 14 through May 7. bit.ly/1ooSZsw | The Metropolitan Opera

8.8K views · 387 reactions | An Elektra-fying production! Strauss’ thrilling and audacious adaptation of this Greek tragedy receives a new staging by the award-winning director Christof Loy. Elektra opens on our main stage tomorrow, have you got your tickets yet?  https://bit.ly/3TDLW1x | Royal Ballet And Opera | Facebook

Following last night’s presentation of Gluck Iphigénie en Tauride, we explore another episode in the mythic tale of the House of Atreus with tonight’s Nightly Opera Stream of Elektra. In this shattering modern masterpiece, three of Agamemnon’s children grapple with their father’s murder—at the hands of their mother. Experience Strauss’s explosive 20th-century drama for free tonight, March 25, starting at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, March 26, at 6:30PM ET. Access the stream on metopera.org and on a