Research Catalog

Title

Elektra : radio broadcast, 2009-12-26 [sound recording] : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2009.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
• Luisi, Fabio.
• Bullock, Susan, 1958-
• Voigt, Deborah.
• Palmer, Felicity.
• Schmidt, Wolfgang, 1955-
• Nikitin, Evgeny.
• Mumford, Tamara.
• Zifchak, Maria.
• Melton, Heidi.
• Harmer, Wendy Bryn.
• Check, Jennifer.
• Neves, Susan.
• Nencheck, Rosemary.
• Newland, Alexandra.
• Easterlin, John.
• Burdette, Kevin.
• Gradus, Oren.
• Juntwait, Margaret.
• Siff, Ira.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) dnr NN-RHA
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

2 sound discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 26, 2009

Uniform Title

• Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.
• Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 26, 2009.

Subjects

• Electra (Greek mythological figure) > Drama
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 26, 2009.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction, Margaret Juntwait piece on Strauss's Elektra with Fabio Luisi, Susan Bullock, and Deborah Voigt ; synopsis (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff) ; Opera (Elektra) -- CD 1. Opera (conclusion) ; closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 50992

OCLC

665933347

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Title

Elektra : radio broadcast, 2009-12-26 [sound recording] : opera in one act / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2009.

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 26, 2009

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Dec. 26, 2009.

Performer

Susan Bullock (Elektra) ; Deborah Voigt (Chrysothemis) ; Felicity Palmer (Klytämnestra) ; Wolfgang Schmidt (Aegisth) ; Evgeny Nikitin (Orest) ; Tamara Mumford, Heidi Melton, Maria Zifchak, Wendy Bryn Harmer, Jennifer Check (Five serving women) ; Susan Neves (Overseer of the servants) ; Rosemary Nencheck (The confidante) ; Alexandra Newland (The trainbearer) ; John Easterlin (A young servant) ; Kevin Burdette (An old servant) ; Oren Gradus (The guardian of Orest) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Fabio Luisi, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 74, no. 6 (Dec. 2009).

Event

Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 26, 2009.

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist

Luisi, Fabio. Conductor. Commentator

Bullock, Susan, 1958- Performer. Commentator

Voigt, Deborah. Performer. Commentator

Palmer, Felicity. Performer

Schmidt, Wolfgang, 1955- Performer

Nikitin, Evgeny. Performer

Mumford, Tamara. Performer

Zifchak, Maria. Performer

Melton, Heidi. Performer

Harmer, Wendy Bryn. Performer

Check, Jennifer. Performer

Neves, Susan. Performer

Nencheck, Rosemary. Performer

Newland, Alexandra. Performer

Easterlin, John. Performer

Burdette, Kevin. Performer

Gradus, Oren. Performer

Juntwait, Margaret. Host

Siff, Ira. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Donor NN-RHA

Added Title

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 50992