Elektra (2005 film)

From Elena Pankratova's beginnings in the more Italianate repertoire to her current tenure in the Wagnerian repertoire, she continues rising as the wrathfully vengeful princess Elektra. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.

Evelyn Herlitzius leaps from Elektra's bloodthirstily feral vengeance and anguished trauma and steps into Klytämnestra's elaborate robe decked in guilt-ridden angst and soul-shattering nightmares. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.

*This publication was also writen in* SPANISH *and* PORTUGUESE . IMDb In 2005, the “endless” universe of movie adaptations based on comic books was experiencing a boom through Marvel movies (gaining more and more popularity, and money). Then the time came to bring to the big screen the story of one of the most lethal and cunning assassins in comics: Elektra . As soon as I saw Jennifer Garner ’s name confirmed for th…

Marvel films, until very recently, were considered the closest thing Hollywood ever came to the Holy Grail of perfect box office formula. However, it took some time and a lot of trial and error until that formula was established, with plenty of setbacks and failures. One of the biggest failures, generally forgotten or ignored by all but the most die-hard Marvel fans, is the 2005 film *Elektra*, directed by Rob Bowma…

Waltraud Meier's second to the last hurrah as Klytämnestra, the beautiful yet guilt-ridden Queen of Mycenae, was in full swing tonight. Enjoy my review, and please enjoy Frau Meier's final hurrah to the operatic stage on October 20.

How did Karita Mattila fare when she graduated from the virginal yet anxious princess Chrysothemis to the hysterically neurotic yet relatively stately queen Klytämnestra? Find out in my review and let me know your opinions as well.

Barely five years ago, the Met said farewell to the 2015-2016 season with one of my favorite Richard Strauss operas of all time. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.

A former Chrysothemis and a youthful lyric soprano rise to the challenge to perform this high-octane sister act.

Three extraordinary ladies rose up to the challenge in New York's Metropolitan Opera House. One was an American dramatic soprano who has been acclaimed for singing this punishing yet exciting tragic heroine of Elektra. The other was a gorgeous young South African spinto soprano who has made her role debut as the timid yet formidable sister, Chrysothemis. The third was an acclaimed German dramatic mezzo-soprano known…

It was an invigorating evening encountering two British Grand Dames of the opera stage, namely Madame Catherine Foster and Madame Allison Oakes, perform the hysterical and neurotic sister act of Elektra and Chrysothemis. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.

A legendary production by a legendary director. The question is, how high are the standards of all the superstars?