“Elektra” – the second evening

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Published on: 27.03.2024

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Round two in the orchestra pit - the second performance of “Elektra” took place on Tuesday at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Once again, it was both a blood-bath and a triumph.

Don’t miss the concert performance and the live stream in the Digital Concert Hall at home in the Philharmonie Berlin on 4 and 7 April!

Warming up with a smile: violinists Cornelia Gartemann and Bettina Sartorius | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

Our cello and viola groups also check: "Are we all tune?" | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

A quick run through a tricky passage: Naoko Shimizu and Eva Rabchevska | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

Bastian Schäfer limbers up before the start of the performance. | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

“Poisonous as a wild cat!” The maids gossip about Elektra. | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

At a glance: the very large Strauss orchestra | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

“Alone! Woe, all alone!” Nina Stemme as the magnificent Elektra. | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

Full concentration in the orchestra pit. | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

“Elektra, help us, help us into the open!” Elektra and her sister Chysothemis (Elza van den Heever). | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

The cellists Olaf Maninger and Nikolaus Römisch in action | Picture: Monika Rittershaus

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