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.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
• Sophocles
• Kelly, Sondra
• Zseller, Eva
• Shaulis, Jane
• Card, June
• Skok, Heidi
• Neves, Susan
• Danter, Penelope
• Voigt, Deborah
• Rysanek, Leonie
• Goldberg, Judith
• Rawn, Jean
• Murray, John Horton
• Vernon, Richard, 1950-
• Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950-
• Perry, Herbert
• King, James, 1925-2005.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Volpe, Joseph
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Ames, Alison, 1945-
• Livingstone, William
• Scott, Iain
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

2 sound cassettes (147 min.) : stereo, Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 18, 1992]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 0:36:14 (synopses and features) ; 1:51:39 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Sondra Kelly, Eva Zseller, Jane Shaulis, June Card, Heidi Skok (Five serving women) ; Susan Neves (Overseer of the servants) ; Penelope Danter (Elektra) ; Deborah Voigt (Chrysothemis) ; Leonie Rysanek (Klytämnestra) ; Judith Goldberg (The confidante) ; Jean Rawn (The trainbearer) ; John Horton Murray (A young servant) ; Richard Vernon (An old servant) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Orest) ; Herbert Perry (The guardian of Orest) ; James King (Aegisth) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 18, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 616 (F)

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction (Peter Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Alison Ames, William Livingstone and Iain Scott) ; Opera news on the air (Joseph Volpe) ; Synopsis of Elektra (Allen) -- side 2. Elektra through "Was willst du? Seht doch, dort" -- side 3. "Ich habe keine guten Nächte" through "Orest! es rührt sich niemand!" -- side 4. Elektra concluded ; Closing remarks (Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 616 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R1480

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.

Playing Time

003614 015139

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 18, 1992]

Cast

Sondra Kelly, Eva Zseller, Jane Shaulis, June Card, Heidi Skok (Five serving women) ; Susan Neves (Overseer of the servants) ; Penelope Danter (Elektra) ; Deborah Voigt (Chrysothemis) ; Leonie Rysanek (Klytämnestra) ; Judith Goldberg (The confidante) ; Jean Rawn (The trainbearer) ; John Horton Murray (A young servant) ; Richard Vernon (An old servant) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Orest) ; Herbert Perry (The guardian of Orest) ; James King (Aegisth) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL in Aug. 1992, from borrowed masters (2 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 56, no. 15 (Apr. 11, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 18, 1992.

Reproduction

Service copy (2 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 616 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist

Sophocles. Electra.

Kelly, Sondra. Performer

Zseller, Eva. Performer

Shaulis, Jane. Performer

Card, June. Performer

Skok, Heidi. Performer

Neves, Susan. Performer

Danter, Penelope. Performer

Voigt, Deborah. Performer

Rysanek, Leonie. Performer

Goldberg, Judith. Performer

Rawn, Jean. Performer

Murray, John Horton. Performer

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950- Performer

Perry, Herbert. Performer

King, James, 1925-2005. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Volpe, Joseph. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Ames, Alison, 1945- Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Scott, Iain. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 616 (F) (Production notes in listening room.)