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
• Rabiner, Ellen
• Erickson, Kaaren
• Shaulis, Jane
• Byrne, Elisabeth
• Cincione, Theresa
• Hopkins, Janet (Singer)
• Behrens, Hildegard
• Voigt, Deborah
• Fassbaender, Brigitte
• Goldberg, Judith
• Rawn, Jean
• Creech, Philip
• Vernon, Richard, 1950-
• McIntyre, Donald, 1934-
• Perry, Herbert
• King, James, 1925-2005.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Goldovsky, Boris
• Jellinek, George, 1919-
• Nilsson, Birgit
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

3 sound discs (148 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 22, 1994]

Uniform Title

• Elektra
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Met moments (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Elektra

Subject

• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 0:37:51 (synopses and features) ; 1:50:03 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• Production notes and official cast list (3 p.) filed under classmark: *LTCM 734 (F).
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 22, 1994.

Reproduction (note)

• Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 734 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Opera part 1 -- CD 2. Opera part 2 ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 3. Introduction (Peter Allen) ; George Jellinek talks with Birgit Nilsson ; Met Moments: Boris Goldovsky discusses Elektra from the February 1952 Opera News on the Air ; Synopsis of Elektra (Peter Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 33908

OCLC

NYPG95-R612

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

003751 015003

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 22, 1994]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Jan. 22, 1994]

Performer

Ellen Rabiner, Kaaren Erickson, Jane Shaulis, Elizabeth Byrne, Theresa Cincione (Five Serving Women) ; Janet Hopkins (Overseer of the Servants) ; Hildegard Behrens (Elektra) ; Deborah Voigt (Chrysothemis) ; Brigitte Fassbaender (Klyämnestra) ; Judith Goldberg (The Confidante) ; Jean Rawn (The Trainbearer) ; Philip Creech (A Young Servant) ; Richard Vernon (An Old Servant) ; Donald McIntyre (Orest) ; Herbert Perry (Tha Guardian of Orest) ; James King (Aegisth) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 58, no. 9 (Jan. 22, 1994).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 22, 1994.

Original Version

Preservation tape, recorded at NYPL in Mar. 1995, from borrowed masters (2 tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Cassette copy (2 sound cassettes : analog, stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 734 (F)

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.

Rabiner, Ellen. Performer

Erickson, Kaaren. Performer

Shaulis, Jane. Performer

Byrne, Elisabeth. Performer

Cincione, Theresa. Performer

Hopkins, Janet (Singer) Performer

Behrens, Hildegard. Performer

Voigt, Deborah. Performer

Fassbaender, Brigitte. Performer

Goldberg, Judith. Performer

Rawn, Jean. Performer

Creech, Philip. Performer

Vernon, Richard, 1950- Performer

McIntyre, Donald, 1934- Performer

Perry, Herbert. Performer

King, James, 1925-2005. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Goldovsky, Boris. Commentator

Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator

Nilsson, Birgit. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Met moments (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 33908 Service copy.

*LT-10-A 1587 Master tape. Request service copy in *LDC 33908.

*LTCM 734 (F) Cassette copy; production notes on file. Request service copy in *LDC 33908.