Tormented by the death of her father at the hands of her mother, Elektra has only one thing in mind - revenge. When her brother Orest returns seething with vengeance, the siblings stage their bloody coup.

The 90-minute edge-of-your-seat retelling of the classic Greek myth is Richard Strauss at his most riveting and famed duo Sir David McVicar and John Macfarlane at their most thrilling.