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Elektra

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Based On

the play by Sophocles

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
Language
German
Sung Language
German
Supertitles
English
Co-Producer
San Francisco Opera production, originally created by San Francisco Opera, Prague National Theatre, and Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Archive ID
SFO_2025_03

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Revival Director
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Projection Designer
Chorus Director
Assistant Conductor
Prompter
Musical Preparation
Diction
Supertitles
Assistant Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant Stage Manager(s)
Fight Director
Technical Supervisor
Costume Supervisor
Hair and Makeup

Cast

First Maidservant
Second Maidservant
Sadie Cheslak(SF Opera debut; 2026 Adler Fellow)
Third Maidservant
Fourth Maidservant
Mary Hoskins(2026 Adler Fellow)
Fifth maidservant
Chrysothemis
Klytemnestra
Klytemnestra's confidante
Sofia Gotch(SF Opera debut; 2026 Adler Fellow)
Klytemnestra's trainbearer
Alexa Frankian(SF Opera debut; 2026 Adler Fellow)
Young Servant
Chance Jonas-O'Toole(Sf Opera debut)
Old Servant
Tutor of Orest
Aegisth

Show Dates

Streaming Information

The 06/14/2026 performance was livestreamed w/ the on demand period from 06/15 at 10am PT and ends Jun 17 at 10am PT.

Time and Place

PLACE AND TIME: A museum, present day

Media

Sponsors

This production is made possible, in part, by Dr. & Mrs. William M. Coughran; The Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation; Bernard & Barbro Osher; Marieke & Jeff Rothschild.

Additional support is provided by William J. Bennington.

Acknowledgements

06/07/2026: Per General Director, Matthew Shilvock:  "It is very fitting that we dedicate the opening of Elektra to Speight Jenkin's memory, with a supertitle slide after the production sponsor slides, just before we begin the performance."

Notes

To access the performance program, click the PDF link above.
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San Francisco Opera production, originally created by San Francisco Opera, Prague National Theatre, and Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.

SUPERNUMERARIES: Museum guards and visitors