he last production staged by Patrice Chéreau, this Elektra will remain as the main and most striking lyrical event of these last years in Aixen-Provence. 　　In 1903, Richard Strauss attended a performance of Elektra, a play by the Viennese poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal based on the tragedy by Sophocles. Three years later, Strauss came to an understanding with Hofmannsthal on a lyric ... (展开全部)