from the one act German opera
Elektra by Richard Strauss
Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Role: Chrysothemis, daughter of Agamemnon and Klytemnestra, sister of Elektra and Orestes
Voice Part: soprano Fach: dramatic soprano
Setting: the courtyard of the palace at Mycene, ancient Greece
Synopsis: Chrysothemis is tired of Elektra's plans for revenging their father's murder by their mother. Instead, she wants to escape the palace and release the fires of love which are within her.