Elektra [videorecording] : tragic opera in one act / by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; from the Festspeilhaus Baden-Baden.
By: Strauss, Richard
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Contributor(s): Hofmannsthal, Hugo von [lbt. ] | Watson, Linda (Soprano) [prf.] | Henschel, Jane [prf. ] | Uhl, Manuela [prf. ] | Kollo, René [prf. ] | Dohmen, Albert [prf. ] | Thielemann, Christian [cnd. ] | Wernicke, Herbert | Göschl, Bettina | Kuhlmann, Frank | Lettow, Christoph | Melzer, Dorothee | Kirchhofer, Felix | Kass, Christian | Morell, Andreas | Philharmonia Chor Wien [prf. ] | Münchner Philharmoniker [prf. ] | Opus Arte (Firm) | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.
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BookPublisher: Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex : Opus Arte, 2010Description: 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Operas | Electra (Greek mythology) -- DramaDDC classification: DVD/113 BlueRay | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library DVD | DVD/113 BlueRay (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00174491 |
Extra features: Cast gallery ; Making of Elektra.
Program notes in English, French and German (23 p. : col. ill.) inserted in container.
Original stage production, Herbert Wernicke ; restaging director, Bettina Göschl ; stage adaptation, Frank Kuhlmann, Christoph Lettow ; costume adaptation, Dorothee Melzer ; light adaptation, Felix Kirchhofer, Christian Kass; directed for video by Andreas Morell.
Linda Watson (Elektra) ; Jane Henschel (Klyämnestra) ; Manuela Uhl (Chrysothemis) ; René Kollo (Aegisth) ; Albert Dohmen (Orest) ; Philharmonia Chor Wien ; Walter Zeh, chorus master ; Münchner Philharmoniker ; Christian Thielemann, conductor.
Recorded in performance at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden on January 29, February 1 & 4, 2010.
Blu-ray disc; soundtracks in DTS 5.0, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.
Sung in German; English, French, German and Spanish subtitles.
Tony Duggan collection.