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Elektra / Richard Strauss.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949, composer, composer.
- Language:
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Live sound recordings--New York (State)--New York.
- Live sound recordings.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Operas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 42 min., 22 sec.))
- Other Title:
- Met Opera on Demand.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1952]
- Language Note:
- Sung in German.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- digital
- audio file streaming audio file
- Summary:
- The legendary Astrid Varnay gives a spectacular performance in the title role of Strauss's one-act masterpiece. Obsessed with avenging the murder of her father, Elektra is blind to the longings of her sister, Chrysothemis (Walburga Wegner), for a peaceful life. She taunts her mother, Klytämnestra (Elisabeth Höngen), with the gruesome fantasy of a bloody death at Elektra's hands. But Varnay's nuanced portrayal of Elektra's tortured soul is at its most gripping in the tender moments of reunion with her brother Orest (Paul Schöffler). The great Fritz Reiner conducts a rich, dramatic performance.
- Contents:
- Wo bleibt Elektra?
- Allein! Weh, ganz allein
- Vater! Agamemnon
- Elektra! Ah , das Gesicht!
- Ich kann nicht sitzen und ins Dunkel starren
- Es geht ein Lärm los
- Was willst du? Seht doch, dort!
- Ich will nichts hören
- Ich habe keine guten Nächte
- Wenn das rechte Blutopfer
- Was bluten mu€?
- Orest ist tot!
- Nun mu€ es hier von uns geschehn
- Wie stark du bist!
- Nun denn, allein!
- Was willst du, fremder Mensch?
- Elektra! Elektra!
- Orest!
- Du wirst es tun? Allein?
- Ich habe ihm das Beil nicht geben können!
- He! Lichter! Lichter!
- Elektra! Schwester!
- Elektra! Schweig' und tanze!
- Participant:
- Astrid Varnay ; Walburga Wegner ; Elisabeth Höngen ; Set Svanholm ; Paul Schöffler ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Reiner, conductor.
- Notes:
- Recorded live in 1952 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
- Duration: 1 hr., 42 min., 22 sec.
- Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.
- OCLC:
- 859397234
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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