2013년 여름 엑상 프로방스 페스티벌에서 대성공을 거둔 엘렉트라가 DVD화 되었다. 2013년 10월 세상을 떠난 세계적인 영화감독이자 연출가 파트리스 셰로의 마지막 작품으로, 회색 건물이 둘러싸고 있는 폐쇄적인 공간 속에서 평범한 현대식 복장을 하고 있는 등장 인물들 사이의 조밀하게 얽혀있는 복선과 장치, 생생한 인간 묘사로 뛰어난 연출 감각을 자랑하는 셰로의 진가가 발휘된 작품이다. 강렬한 몰입력을 가진 에벨린 헤를리치우스와 지적인 언어구사와 연기력을 선보이는 발트라우트 마이어, 독일 오페라에서 높은 평가를 얻고 있는 아드리안느 피에촌카. 주역을 맡고 있는 이 여성 3인방의 쟁쟁한 노래 실력이 긴장감을 한층 증폭시킨다. 보너스 영상으로 셰로의 인터뷰가 수록되었다. *디아파종 황금상, 클래시카 쇼크, 오페라 매거진 다이아몬드
*2013년 7월 엑상 프로방스 라이브

110분+인터뷰 23분/ 컬러, 16:9, HD/ 2.0 PCM, 5.1 DTS HD 마스터 오디오
자막: 영어, 이태리어, 프랑스어, 독일어, 스페인어/ NTSC/ Region A,B,C

Strauss, R: Elektra
Evelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Waltraud Meier (Klytamnestra), Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis), Mikhail Petrenko (Orest), Tom Randle (Aegisth), Franz Mazura (Der Pfleger des Orest), Bonita Hyman (Erste Magd), Andrea Hill (Zweite Magd), Silvia Hablowetz (Dritte Magd), Marie-Eve Munger (Vierte Magd), Roberta Alexander (Funfte Magd)
Coro Gulbenkian & Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen

BBC Music Magazine Opera Choice - September 2014

The Times 30th May 2014 ****
“Chereau himself operates with deadly restraint...There’s nothing utilitarian about the cast, though, least of all its Elektra. Precise in pitch, unfailingly intense and charismatic, the German soprano Evelyn Herlitzius conquers every challenge...The rest of Elektra’s cracked family receive equally striking portraits.”

MusicWeb International 13th June 2014
“I found Herlitzius powerful and interesting, but never beautiful...the lyrical beauty of Adrianne Pieczonka’s Chrysothemis is a welcome contrast...Meier brings a star touch to Klytamnestra...She holds you spellbound for the half hour in which she is on stage...Petrenko is a marvellous Orestes; rich, authoritative, boomingly resonant and always musically involving.”

Financial Times 21st June 2014 ****
“this is a remarkably absorbing Elektra, energised not just by Evelyn Herlitzius’ gritty anti-heroine and Waltraud Meier’s uncliched Clytemnestra, but by Chereau’s decision to show the two revenge-murders onstage. The DVD includes a charming and revealing 23-minute interview with the director”

Sunday Times 27th July 2014
“[Herlitzius] has made this opera her own, and watching her sensationally acted and searingly sung performance from Aix, it is easy to understand why. Her physical commitment to her role, and her unstinting, occasionally wild, vocalism are astounding...Salonen gets sensuous and dramatic playing from the OdP. A classic.”

BBC Music Magazine September 2014 *****
“Herlitzius as the vengeful daughter is vocally tireless...Chereau exacts similarity intense, realistic performance from Adrianne Pieczonka as Chrysothemis...Other crucial elements in a total theatrical experience are Richard Peduzzi's colossal set and Esa-Pekka Salonen's conducting, which is visceral throughout. This is one of the truly indispensable opera DVDs.”

Gramophone Magazine September 2014
“It is Herlitzius's performance and the finely detailed, well-balanced conducting of Esa-Pekka Salonen...that are the main selling points...One of Chereau's innovations is to have Klytemnestra played relatively straight, rather than as the neurosis-addled monster she can be...Pieczonka is a terrific Chrysothemis, tearing into the role with luscious tone that thins only occasionally.”