Performance History
It is regularly performed and, today, the opera is the most frequently performed opera based on classical Greek mythology.
Elektra received its UK premiere at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1910 with Edyth Walker in the title role and Sir Thomas Beecham conducting. The first United States performance of the opera in the original German was given by the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia on October 29, 1931 with Anne Roselle in the title role, Charlotte Boerner as Chrysothemis, Margarete Matzenauer as Klytaemnestra, Nelson Eddy as Orest, and Fritz Reiner conducting.
Today, the opera remains a part of the standard repertoire and is performed frequently.
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