Cast & Characters

The Cast

Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Elektra: Susan Bullock
Chrysothemis: Deborah Voigt
Klytämnestra: Felicity Palmer
Aegisth: Wolfgang Schmidt
Orest: Evgeny Nikitin

The Characters

Elektra (soprano; usually spelled Electra in English)-daughter of King Agammemnon and Klytämnestra, a young girl obsessed with killing her mother to avenge her father's murder.
Chrysothemis (soprano)-Elektra's sister, a mild-mannered girl who longs for a normal life, a family of her own, and peace.
Klytämnestra (mezzo-soprano; usually spelled Clytemnestra in English)-Queen of Mycenae, mother of Elektra, Chrysothemis, and the late Iphigenia, and Orestes. With the help of her lover Aegisth, Klytämnestra murdered her husband Agammemnon.
Aegisth (tenor; usually spelled Aegisthus English)-Klytämnestra's lover, he helped murder Agammemnon and is partially responsible for keeping Elektra in her degraded position in the household.
Orest (baritone; usually spelled Orestes in English)-brother of Chrysothemis and Elektra. Klytämnestra exiled him--but Elektra awaits the day when he will return to avenge their father.
Tutor of Orest (Bass)
Old Servant (Bass)