General Elektra
Nina Stemme’s Elektra is familiar to me in three different incarnations.
Iain Paterson
10 pieces since 2010 — in 7 roles, at 7 companies, most often at Opéra de Paris.
10
pieces
7
roles
7
companies
17
years
By role
2 pieces as Orest — stats above show all coverage for Iain Paterson.
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Revenge served cold
Of course, Stemme had the character’s frenzied fury at her father’s murderers in hand, but she had far more nuance—at times this Elektra was seductive, sympathetic, loving, even humorous in her bitterness.
I’ll take the fall
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Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
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