Elektra
The Otto Schenk production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in January, 1994. Hildegard Behrens stars as Elektra, with Deborah Voigt as Chrysothemis, Brigitte Fassbaender as Klytämnestra, Donald McIntyre as Orest, and James King as Aegisth.
Overview
The Otto Schenk production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in January, 1994. Hildegard Behrens stars as Elektra, with Deborah Voigt as Chrysothemis, Brigitte Fassbaender as Klytämnestra, Donald McIntyre as Orest, and James King as Aegisth. James Levine conducts.
Cast
Hildegard Behrens
Elektra
Deborah Voigt
Chrysothemis
Brigitte Fassbaender
Klytämnestra
Donald McIntyre
Orest
James King
Aegisth
Judith Goldberg
The Confidant
Jean Rawn
The Trainbearer
Philip Creech
A Young Servant
Richard Vernon
An Old Servant
Herbert Perry
The Guardian of Orest
Janet Hopkins
The Overseer of the Servants
Ellen Rabiner
Maid Servant
