Elektra

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Biografier

Petr Popelka
Ole Anders Tandberg
Erlend Birkeland
Maria Geber
Clement Irbil

Elektra is obsessed with the thought of avenging her murdered father, Agamemnon, who was murdered by his wife, Klytämnestra, and her lover, Aegisth.

But Elektra has to await the return of her brother, Orest, he is the one who shall kill their mother. He was removed as a child after the murder of his father.

The maids taunt and jeer at Elektra, who is forced to live as an outcast and alone. The only one to remain loyal to her is the youngest.

Elektra invokes the ghost of her dead father and conjures up the image of his murder before her mind’s eye. She has a vision of the day on which she and her siblings will have their bloody revenge.

Her sister, Chrysothemis, warns Elektra that their mother, Klytämnestra, is planning to have her locked up. Chrysothemis, who longs passionately for love and a life of fulfillment, is afraid that she might meet a similar fate. She blames her sister for the situation in which they both find themselves.

Klytämnestra is tortured by nightmares in which Orest appears to avenge his father. She asks her daughter how she can get peace, and Elektra tells her there is a sacrifice that will set her free from her nightmares. The mother asks hopefully who has to be murdered, and Elektra answers that Klytämnestra herself has to die. Just after Elektra has explained her plans for revenge, the news of Orest’s death is announced. Klytämnestra laughs at her daughter scornfully and disappears.

Elektra is now determined to carry out her plan for revenge on Klytämnestra and Aegisth with the sole help of Chrysothemis, who refuses to become involved.

A stranger appears, claiming that he is the messenger who has come to inform of Orest’s death. When Elektra curses the messenger and announces who she is, the messenger reveals himself as Orest. He has come to avenge their father, Agamemnon. Before Elektra can hand him the axe, which she wants to be the murder weapon, he is called to appear before Klytämnestra. Her scream of the dying gives Elektra the satisfaction she has been waiting for.

Aegisth now returns. Elektra greets him with feigned friendliness and accompanies Aegisth into the house, where Orest awaits him.

Chrysothemis comes to tell her what Orest has done inside the house. Elektra celebrates and dances until she falls over, dead.