Elektra

Elektra

106 mins | Drama, Music | Jan. 1, 1994

The Otto Schenk production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in January, 1994. Hildegard Behrens stars as Elektra, with Deborah Voigt as Chrysothemis, Brigitte Fassbaender as Klytämnestra, Donald McIntyre as Orest, and James King as Aegisth. James Levine conducts.

Elektra

106 mins | Drama, Music | Jan. 1, 1994

Elektra
The Otto Schenk production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in January, 1994. Hildegard Behrens stars as Elektra, with Deborah Voigt as Chrysothemis, Brigitte Fassbaender as Klytämnestra, Donald McIntyre as Orest, and James King as Aegisth. James Levine conducts.
Producers The Metropolitan Opera
Original title Elektra
Directors Brian Large
Writers Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Sophocles

Cast

Hildegard Behrens

as Elektra

Deborah Voigt

as Chrysothemis

Brigitte Fassbaender

as Klytämnestra

Donald McIntyre

as Orest

James King

as Aegisth

Judith Goldberg

as The Confidant

Jean Rawn

as The Trainbearer

Philip Creech

as A Young Servant

Richard Vernon

as An Old Servant

Herbert Perry

as The Guardian of Orest

Janet Hopkins

as The Overseer of the Servants

Ellen Rabiner

as Maid Servant

Kaaren Erickson

as Maid Servant

Jane Shaulis

as Maid Servant

Elizabeth Byrne

as Maid Servant

Theresa Cincione

as Maid Servant

James Levine

as Conductor