Research Catalog

Title

Elektra [sound recording] : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, after his drama based on Sophocles' tragedy.

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
• Sophocles
• Schnaut, Gabriele
• Voigt, Deborah
• Schwarz, Hanna
• Jerusalem, Siegfried
• Pape, René.
• Rabiner, Ellen
• Shaulis, Jane
• Lopez, Sandra (Singer)
• Check, Jennifer
• Waite, Claudia
• Dix, Marjorie Elinor
• Spann-Lewis, Annette
• Newland, Alexandra
• Naldi, Ronald
• Vernon, Richard, 1950-
• Gradus, Oren
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Bolcom, William
• McNally, Terrence
• Guzelimian, Ara
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

2 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 21, 2002.

Uniform Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 44:10 (announcements, synopsis, and pre-curtain feature) ; 1:54:36 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news,.

Performer (note)

• Gabriele Schnaut (Elektra) ; Deborah Voigt (Chrysothemis) ; Hanna Schwarz (Klytämnestra) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Aegisth) ; René Pape (Orest) ; Ellen Rabiner, Marjorie Elinor Dix, Jane Shaulis, Sandra Lopez, Jennifer Check (Five serving women) ; Claudia Waite (Overseer of the servants) ; Annette Spann-Lewis (The confidante) ; Alexandra Newland (The trainbearer) ; Ronald Naldi (A young servant) ; Richard Vernon (An old servant) ; Oren Gradus (The guardian of Orest) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 21, 2002.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Tone ; Opening remarks (Peter Allen) ; Pre-curtain feature (William Bolcom talks with Terrence McNally, and James Levine talks with Ara Guzelimian) ; Synopsis of opera (Allen) ; Opera, part 1 -- CD 2. Opera, part 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 33983

OCLC

NYPG04-R220

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Title

Elektra [sound recording] : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, after his drama based on Sophocles' tragedy.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2002.

Series

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 21, 2002.

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 21, 2002.

Cast

Gabriele Schnaut (Elektra) ; Deborah Voigt (Chrysothemis) ; Hanna Schwarz (Klytämnestra) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Aegisth) ; René Pape (Orest) ; Ellen Rabiner, Marjorie Elinor Dix, Jane Shaulis, Sandra Lopez, Jennifer Check (Five serving women) ; Claudia Waite (Overseer of the servants) ; Annette Spann-Lewis (The confidante) ; Alexandra Newland (The trainbearer) ; Ronald Naldi (A young servant) ; Richard Vernon (An old servant) ; Oren Gradus (The guardian of Orest) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news,. v. 67, no. 6 (Dec. 2002).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 21, 2002.

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist

Sophocles. Electra. German.

Schnaut, Gabriele. Performer

Voigt, Deborah. Performer

Schwarz, Hanna. Performer

Jerusalem, Siegfried. Performer

Pape, René. Performer

Rabiner, Ellen. Performer

Shaulis, Jane. Performer

Lopez, Sandra (Singer) Performer

Check, Jennifer. Performer

Waite, Claudia. rf.

Dix, Marjorie Elinor. Performer

Spann-Lewis, Annette. Performer

Newland, Alexandra. Performer

Naldi, Ronald. Performer

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Gradus, Oren. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Bolcom, William. Commentator

McNally, Terrence. Commentator

Guzelimian, Ara. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 33983