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

Featuring one of opera’s most complicated family dynamics, Richard Strauss’s Elektra is tonight’s free Nightly Met Opera Stream. Celebrate Thanksgiving with a searing 2016 Live in HD transmission of the opera, starring soprano Nina Stemme in the title role and mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier as her mother, Klytämnestra. Their performance is available tonight, November 26, starting at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, November 27, at 6:30PM ET. Access the stream on metopera.org and on all Met Opera on Deman

Thrilling dramatic soprano Nina Stemme stunned Met audiences in 2016 when she headlined the premiere of Patrice Chéreau’s celebrated production of Elektra—as seen in this excerpt. Beginning April 1, experience her exhilarating performance once more when Strauss’s masterpiece returns to the stage with an unbeatable cast, including soprano Lise Davidsen as Chrysothemis, led by Maestro Sir Donald Runnicles. On stage April 1–20: bit.ly/3wjUNdp | The Metropolitan Opera

Relive the Richard Strauss masterpiece in concert: Elektra Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen with the formidable trio of Lise Lindstrom, Ingela Brimberg, and Anna Larsson in the leading female roles! Richard Strauss, Elektra, Op. 58 "Allein! Weh, ganz allein" You can watch the full opera in concert here: http://bit.ly/ElektraVerbier | medici.tv

Richard Strauss – Elektra, Finale Metropolitan Opera, 1994 Otto Schenk Production Elektra: Hildegarde Behrens Chrysothemis: Deborah Voigt A legendary performance of Strauss’ Elektra, marked by overwhelming drama, vocal power and orchestral intensity. #LegendaryMusicians #RichardStrauss #Elektra #OperaLegends #HildegardeBehrens #DeborahVoigt #MetOpera #ClassicalMusic | Legendary Musicians

As intense as your favorite Netflix show might be, it doesn’t hold a candle to the drama of ELEKTRA. In the final moments of Strauss's hair-raising opera, the title character's all-consuming desire to avenge her father's murder has finally been fulfilled. However, after only a few moments of celebration, Elektra (Nina Stemme) falls dead, leaving her sister Chrysothemis (Elza van den Heever) despairingly calling for their brother Orest. Learn more about this dramatic scene at lyricopera.org/lyric