Die Ägyptische Helena

(The Egyptian Helen)

Approximate running time 2 hrs. 50 min.

The great Strauss interpreter Deborah Voigt sings the role of Helen of Troy in this seldom-heard mythological drama of love and fidelity, featuring some of the composer’s most beautiful music. Director David Fielding’s post-modern sets provide a fanciful backdrop.

Diana Damrau (fresh from her triumphant Met debut in Ariadne auf Naxos) is Aithra, the wife of Poseidon, who serves as marriage counselor to Helen, and Torsten Kerl is Menelaus, Helen’s tortured hero of a husband. Fabio Luisi conducts.