Check out our trailer for the new production of R. Strauss's ELEKTRA, starring Nina Stemme, Adrianne Pieczonka, Waltraud Meier and Eric Owens. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts.On stage April 14 through May 7. bit.ly/1ooSZsw | The Metropolitan Opera

The powerhouse cast of Strauss’s Elektra has been setting the stage ablaze this month, delivering one explosive moment after another in Patrice Chéreau’s riveting production. In this timelapse video, experience the entire one-hour-and-45-minute opera in less than one minute, featuring sopranos Nina Stemme and Lise Davidsen, mezzo-soprano Michaela Schuster, and the incomparable Met Orchestra, conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles. Next on stage tomorrow, April 9: bit.ly/3wjUNdp Videography by Neville