Aušrinė Stundytė sings Elektra‘s Soliloquy

The celebrated and widely acclaimed for the combination of acting and vocalism Lithuanian soprano Aušrinė Stundytė (b. 1976) studied singing from 1994 to 2000 at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre with Irena Milkevičiūtė and then for long 11 years she dissapeared from the Lithuanian operatic scene. At first, Stundytė continued her vocal training with Helga Forner at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Leipzig and then made her debut in the Oper Köln, guested in Lübeck, Essen, Lisbon or - as Sieglinde in Die Valkyrie - in Palermo. She sang many classical soprano roles but only recently, having performed the roles of Renata in Prokofiev‘s “The Fiery Angel“ and Marietta in Korngold‘s “Die tote Stadt“ and, especially, the passionate and destructive Elektra in Richard Strauss‘ “Elektra“, Salome in Richard Strauss “Salome“ and, above all, Katerina in Shostakovich‘s “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District“, Stundytė gained the inner freedom in her dramatic artistic world. She has worked with many famous conductors and stage directors, including Dmitry Tcherniakov, Krzystof Warlikowski, and Calixto Bieito. Her extensive repertoire of songs and concerts also includes the song cycles of Strauss, Berg, and Wagner. This video presents an excerpt from the Richard Strauss’ opera “Elektra” under direction of Krzystof Warlikowski shown in the Salzburg Festival in 2020 with Aušrinė Stundytė in the title role. The fact that the role of her sister Crysothemis was performed by another famous Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian is another reason to single out this staging. The whole opera is available at https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2...