Russian soprano Elena Pankratova makes her San Francisco Opera debut in "Elektra," one of the most demanding roles in opera.

The Metropolitan Opera High Definition broadcast of the Richard Strauss opera, “Elektra,” will be held at the Colorado Mountain College, Breckenridge, on Saturday, April 30, beginning at 11 a.m.

This was an undoubted highlight of the Proms season: Strauss’s Salome and Elektra on successive nights — an event keenly awaited by those of us who relish the challenges, musical and psychological, of ...