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Elektra, Royal Opera House (Photo: Laura Stevens)

Start 2024 off with a bang with Richard Strauss’s Elektra, in a major new production
from the Royal Opera. The children of the murdered King Agamemnon take bloody
revenge on their unfaithful mother in this white-hot family tragedy – Succession with
the dial set to “scorch”.

Christof Loy’s staging has a cast of dreams. Dramatic powerhouse Nina Stemme takes
the title role, with the great soprano Karita Mattila making her role debut as
Klytämnestra. Outgoing Royal Opera music director Antonio Pappano conducts the
first of a series of swansongs, before crossing town to join the London Symphony
Orchestra this autumn. Alexandra Coghlan

12-30 January (roh.org.uk, 020 7304 4000)

Comedy

Janine Harouni: Man’Oushe