Hugo Shirley

Leipzig and Dresden are both staging Elektra. Which city wins?

A revival of Peter Konwitschny's 2005 production trumps the austere, uninvolving dourness of Barbara Frey's new version

Evelyn Herlitzius as Elektra Photo: Matthias Creutziger
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    Semperoper Dresden; Oper Leipzig

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