Strauss: Elektra Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Welser-Most

In its 100th anniversary edition, the Salzburg Festival celebrates a real triumph with a mind-blowing new production of Elektra, one of the most famous masterpieces of opera history by the two festival founders Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The Lithuanian soprano Ausrine Stundyte as vengeful and traumatized Elektra turns the opening of the Festival into a real knockout performance. “One highlight of the centenary season.” (The Telegraph)