Ricarda Merbeth returns to the Deutsche Oper Berlin in the title role of Richard Strauss’s “Elektra,” with performances on November 6, 14, and 17. Juraj Valčuha conducts Kirsten Harms’s production, with Okka von der Damerau as Klytämnestra, Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk as Chrysothemis, Tobias Kehrer as Orest, and Michael J. Scott as Aegisth.

Ricarda Merbeth made her role debut as Elektra at Teatro alla Scala in Milan in November 2018, in Patrice Chéreau’s production conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi. She has since performed the role at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Opéra national du Capitole in Toulouse, the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, and the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki.

The German soprano has a long history with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she has appeared in numerous leading roles, including Senta in “Der fliegende Holländer,” Elsa in “Lohengrin,” Brünnhilde and Gutrune in Wagner’s “Ring,” Turandot, Venus and Elisabeth in “Tannhäuser,” Helena in “Die ägyptische Helena,” and Isolde in “Tristan und Isolde.”