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Richard Strauss: ElektraConcert performance: 7pm, Sunday 1 November 2026, Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, London SE3 9RQ
Critically acclaimed Regents Opera and New Palace Opera are combining to present this concert performance of Richard Strauss’ monumental tragedy and operatic masterpiece Elektra.
The title role will be taken by the rising star Catharine Woodward, described recently as “resplendent” and assured by the Telegraph, and “glorious” and “magnificent” by The Times and Seen and Heard respectively.
In music that encompasses both the horrific and the heart-breaking, the cast and orchestra led by Ben Woodward will assure you a gripping and memorable evening. Elektra will be sung in German (with English surtitles).
Cast
Elektra, Catharine Woodward
Chrysothemis, Ella de Jongh
Klytaemnestra, Karin Lovelius
Orest, Ashley Mercer
Aegisth, Jonathan Finney
An overseer, Shannon Roberts
First maid, Natasha Elliott
Second maid, Charlotte Bateman
Third maid, Sarah Denbee
Fourth maid, Charlotte Richardson
Fifth maid, Annabel Bigland
A young servant, Gary Rushton
An old servant, Gerard Delrez
Orest's companion, Tom Clough
Ben Woodward conducts the NPORO Orchestra.
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Event venue
23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London, United Kingdom, 23 Lee Road, London, SE3 9, United Kingdom
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