Experience Patrice Chéreau’s renowned staging of Elektra when it returns to the Met one week from today. Beginning April 1, Maestro Sir Donald Runnicles takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most intense scores, starring sopranos Nina Stemme and Lise Davidsen as the title Greek heroine and her sister, Chrysothemis. Strauss’s shattering modern masterpiece also features mezzo-soprano Michaela Schuster as Klytämnestra, tenor Stefan Vinke as Aegisth, and bass-baritone Greer Grimsley as Orest. O

One of the world’s most fearless dramatic sopranos, Nina Stemme electrified Met audiences in 2016 when she took on the title role in Patrice Chéreau’s landmark new production of Strauss’s Elektra. Experience her tour-de-force performance in tonight’s free Nightly Met Opera Stream, available starting at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, September 1, at 6:30PM ET. Enhance your viewing experience with curated supplementary content—including Playbills, articles, and more—at metopera.org/week25streams and ac