Key facts
- Librettist
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal
- Language
- German
- Based on
- Sophocles ' Electra
- Premiere
- 25 January 1909 ( 1909-01-25 ) , Königliches Opernhaus , Dresden
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- Image
- Richard Strauss - Elektra - titlepage of the libretto - drawing by Lovis Corinth - 1909.png
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- date of first performance
- 1909-01-25
- Commons category
- Elektra (opera)
- number of parts of this work
- 1
- title
- Elektra
- publication date
- 2000-00-00
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Elektra, Op. 58, is a one-act opera by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, which he adapted from his 1903 drama Elektra. The opera was the first of many collaborations between Strauss and Hofmannsthal. It was finished in 1908, and first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 25 January 1909 with Annie Krull in the leading role. It was dedicated to his friends Natalie and Willy Levin.
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1909 operasClytemnestraGerman-language operasLibretti by Hugo von HofmannsthalMusic dedicated to family or friendsMusic dramasOne-act operasOperasOperas based on classical mythologyOperas based on works by SophoclesOperas by Richard StraussOpera world premieres at the SemperoperOrestesWorks with IMSLP links