Elektra, Op. 58, TrV 223

Composer: Strauss, Richard

Librettist/Text Author: Hofmannsthal, Hugo von

Libretto Source: Sophocles

Conductor: Gatti, Daniele

Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Froschauer, Helmut

Aegisth: Gambill, Robert

Chrysothemis: Westbroek, Eva-Maria

Elektra: Theorin, Irene

Klytamnestra: Meier, Waltraud

Orest: Pape, Rene

Orest's tutor: Zwarg, Oliver

Set Designer: Bauer, Raimund

Costume Designer: Schmidt-Futterer, Andrea

Lighting Designer: Schuler, Duane

Choreographer: Sayers, Denni

Stage Director: Lehnhoff, Nikolaus

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Date of Production: 2010

Festival: Salzburg Festival

Venue: Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg

Playing Time: 01:48:18

Catalogue Number: A04001539

Synopsis

Elektra, Op. 58, TrV 223 (NTSC)

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Swedish soprano Irene Theorin gives an impressive role debut as Elektra, just as Wagner singer Waltraud Meier as Klytamnestra. They are complemented by Eva-Maria Westbroek's Chrysothemis and Rene Pape's Orest. In his interpretation of Strauss' one-act masterpiece, conductor Daniele Gatti explores the radical side of the Expressionist score, while not neglecting the late 19th-century lyricism either. His musical vision harmonizes perfectly with the forbidding atmosphere conveyed by director Nikolaus Lehnhoff and his set designer.