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Review: San Francisco Opera stages over-the-top ‘Elektra’
San Francisco Opera’s explosive, over-the- top “Elektra,” a revival of Keith Warner’s 2017 production, features a fine cast and a massive orchestra of 95 players, the largest ever in the house to date. The Richard Strauss opera with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal tells a horrific tale taken from Sophocles about what could easily win the all-time dysfunctional family award. The work calls for no less than three vocal powerhouses: Elektra, who […] The post Review: San Francisco Opera stages over-the-top ‘Elektra’ appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Review: San Francisco Opera stages over-the-top ‘Elektra’, San Francisco Opera’s explosive, over-the- top “Elektra,” a revival of Keith Warner’s 2017 production, features a fine cast and a massive orchestra of 95 players, the largest ever in the house to date. The Richard Strauss opera with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal tells a horrific tale taken from Sophocles about what could easily win the all-time dysfunctional family award. The work calls for no less than three vocal powerhouses: Elektra, who […] The post Review: San Francisco Opera stages over-the-top ‘Elektra’ appeared first on Local News Matters .
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