Independent on Sunday
An unusual example of musical and dramatic seriousness
The Observer
Visually ENO chose minimal modernism for this maximal, classical work
The Stage
A performance that carries dramatic weight and turbulent energy
Financial Times
Edward Gardner conducts a wonderfully propulsive account that combines grandeur and intimacy
Express
Emma Bell is outstanding as Electra
Guardian Unlimited
It all sounds wonderful. You just need to shut your eyes
Independent
Mitchell’s great achievement is to make us feel we are seeing this opera for the first time
Telegraph
Katie Mitchell's staging is a cold, shallow affair
Music OMH
Something not to miss in spite of the production
Musical Criticism
A very respectable presentation of the young Mozart's first all-out masterpiece
4 Jul 10
