Elektra : opera in one act

Resource Information

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Label

Elektra : opera in one act

Title remainder

opera in one act

Statement of responsibility

[music] by Richard Strauss ; libretto, Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; produced by ORF/BR/RM Arts in association with the Vienna State Opera/RTP/ABC Australia

Contributor

• Radiotelevisão Portuguesa
• Wiener Staatsoper
• Österreichischer Rundfunk
• Abbado, Claudio
• Fassbaender, Brigitte
• Grundheber, Franz
• Heinrich, Reinhard, 1935-
• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929
• King, James, 1925-2005
• Kupfer, Harry
• Large, Brian
• Marton, Eva
• Schavernoch, Hans, 1945-
• Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
• Studer, Cheryl
• Arthaus Musik (Firm)
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Bayerischer Rundfunk
• RM Arts (Firm)

Librettist

• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929

Subject

• Operas
• Electra, (Greek mythological figure) -- Drama
• Live sound recordings

Genre

• Drama
• Live sound recordings

Language

• ger
• eng
• fre
• ger
• ita
• spa
• ger

Summary

Strauss's tragic opera of the fall of the house of Agamemnon

Cataloging source

AU@

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Producer, Harry Kupfer ; television director, Brian Large ; set design, Hans Schavernoch ; costumes, Reinhard Heinrich

Date time place

Recorded in performance at the Vienna State Opera House in 1989

Dewey number

782.1

Language note

Sung in German, with optional subtitles in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish

LC call number

M1500.S77

LC item number

E44 2006

PerformerNote

Eva Marton (Elektra) ; Brigitte Fassbaender (Klytämnestra) ; Cheryl Studer (Chrysothemis) ; Franz Grundheber (Orestes) ; James King (Aegisthus) ; supporting soloists ; Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Claudio Abbado, conductor

Runtime

109

Technique

live action