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Elektra

Title
Elektra [videorecording] / Richard Strauss ; Metropolitan Opera Association ; production of Herbert Graf ; stage director, Paul Mills ; [for] Live at the Met, producer, Clemente D'Alessio ; directed by Brian Large.
Publication
Montvale, N.J. : Pioneer Artists, c1981.

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Additional Authors
  • Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
  • Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
  • Levine, James, 1943-2021.
  • Nilsson, Birgit
  • Rysanek, Leonie
  • Dunn, Mignon
  • McIntyre, Donald, 1934-
  • Nagy, Robert, 1929-
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.).
Description
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col.; 12 in.
Summary
Composer Richard Strauss transforms the story of the violent revenge of Elektra mourning the murder of her father by his wife and her lover, into a vivid and emotionally compelling score.
Subject
Note
  • Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Event (note)
  • Videodisc release of a performance recorded on Feb. 16, 1980, at the Metropolitan Opera.
System Details (note)
  • Laservision, extended play, stereo.
Language (note)
  • Sung in German with English subtitles.
Call Number
*LVD 233
OCLC
21363852
Title
Elektra [videorecording] / Richard Strauss ; Metropolitan Opera Association ; production of Herbert Graf ; stage director, Paul Mills ; [for] Live at the Met, producer, Clemente D'Alessio ; directed by Brian Large.
Imprint
Montvale, N.J. : Pioneer Artists, c1981.
Performer
Birgit Nilsson (Elektra) ; Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis) ; Mignon Dunn (Klytämnestra) ; Robert Nagy (Aegisth) ; Donald McIntyre (Orest) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; James Levine, conductor.
Event
Videodisc release of a performance recorded on Feb. 16, 1980, at the Metropolitan Opera.
System Details
Laservision, extended play, stereo.
Language
Sung in German with English subtitles.
Local Note
Library's copy lacks accompanying booklet.
Added Author
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Elektra.
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
Levine, James, 1943-2021.
Nilsson, Birgit.
Rysanek, Leonie.
Dunn, Mignon.
McIntyre, Donald, 1934-
Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.).
Publisher No.
PA 88-221 Pioneer Artists
Research Call Number
*LVD 233
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