Strauss: Elektra (1980)
1980 · 1h 50m · Music
Genres: Music
It's hard to imagine confirmed Straussians not wanting this starry Metropolitan Opera performance of Elektra. Strauss and his librettist, Hugo von Hofmannstahl, transformed Sophocles' take on Homer's tale into a harrowing opera noir.
Director: David Stivender, Herbert Graf
Writers: Hugo von Hofmannstahl
Music by: Richard Strauss
Cast
Mignon Dunn as ClitemnestraBirgit Nilsson as ElektraLeonie Rysanek as CrisotemisRobert Nagy as EgistoDonald McIntyre as OrestesJohn Cheek as Tutor de OrestesJames Levine as ConductorMET OrchestraMore like this
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