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Richard Strauss's "Elektra" at the Deutsche Oper Berlin: a lonely young woman is kept alive only by the thought of avenging her mother's murder of Agamemnon. Juraj Valčuha conducts the monumental work; Ricarda Merbeth sings the title role and Okka von der Damerau makes her debut as Klytämnestra.
It is sung in German with German and English surtitles. The opera lasts 1 hour 45 minutes without an interval and is recommended from age 16. An introduction takes place 45 minutes before each start in the right-hand Rang foyer.











