Elektra discography
This is a list of recordings of Elektra, a one-act opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed at the Dresden State Opera on 25 January 1909.
| Year | Cast (Elektra, Chrysothemis, Klytemnestra, Orestes, Aegisthus) |
Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra |
Label[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Erna Schlüter, Paul Schöffler, Ljuba Welitsch, Walter Widdop |
Sir Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (Final scenes only; Recorded in EMI Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London, 13-15 October, 1947) |
CD: Naxos Cat: 8.111372 |
| 1949 | Astrid Varnay, Irene Jessner, Elena Nicolaidi, Herbert Janssen, Frederick Jagel |
Dimitri Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (Recording of a concert performance, 25 December) |
CD: Guild Immortal Performances Cat: GHCD 2213/4 |
| 1953 | Astrid Varnay, Leonie Rysanek, Res Fischer, Hans Hotter, Helmut Melchert |
Richard Kraus, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester and Chorus (Studio Recording, 22-28 August 1953, for WDR radio broadcast) |
CD: Capriccio Cat: C5008; WDR The Cologne Broadcasts series |
| 1957 | Inge Borkh, Lisa Della Casa, Jean Madeira, Kurt Böhme, Max Lorenz |
Dimitri Mitropoulos, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Chorus |
CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD 7033 |
| 1958 | Gerda Lammers, Hedwig Muller-Butow, Georgine von Milinkovic Edgar Evans, Otakar Kraus |
Rudolf Kempe, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra |
CD: Royal Opera House Heritage Series Cat: ROHS 005 |
| 1960 | Inge Borkh, Marianne Schech, Jean Madeira, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Fritz Uhl |
Karl Böhm, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and Dresden State Opera Chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 445329 |
| 1964 | Astrid Varnay, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Martha Mödl, Eberhard Wächter, James King |
Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Chorus |
CD: Orfeo Cat: C 298 922 |
| 1967 | Birgit Nilsson, Marie Collier, Regina Resnik, Tom Krause, Gerhard Stolze |
Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
CD: Decca Cat: 830302 |
| 1980 | Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Mignon Dunn, Donald McIntyre, Robert Nagy |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Directed by Brian Large[2] |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon, Cat: 073 4111 |
| 1981 | Leonie Rysanek, Catarina Ligendza, Astrid Varnay, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hans Beirer |
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic Film directed by Götz Friedrich[3] |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 4095 |
| 1988 (live) | Hildegard Behrens, Nadine Secunde, Christa Ludwig, Jorma Hynninen, Ragnar Ulfung |
Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Festival Chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 470583 |
| 1989 | Éva Marton, Cheryl Studer, Brigitte Fassbaender, Franz Grundheber, James King |
Claudio Abbado, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera Stage director: Harry Kupfer |
DVD: ArtHaus Musik Cat: 100048[4] Video director: Brian Large |
| 1990 | Gwyneth Jones, Anne Evans, Leonie Rysanek, Wolfgang Schöne, Ronald Hamilton |
Jeffrey Tate, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Chorus of the Grand Theatre, Geneva (Recording of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève, 10 March) |
CD: Claves Cat: 50-2514/15 |
| 1990 | Éva Marton, Cheryl Studer, Marjana Lipovšek, Bernd Weikl, Hermann Winkler |
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 9190 |
| 1994 | Hildegard Behrens, Deborah Voigt, Brigitte Fassbaender, Donald McIntyre, James King |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus Production: Otto Schenk Telecast of 22 January[5] |
DVD: Metropolitan Opera Cat: 811357013274[6] |
| 1995 | Deborah Polaski, Alessandra Marc, Waltraud Meier, Falk Struckmann, Johan Botha |
Daniel Barenboim, Berlin State Opera Orchestra |
CD: Teldec Cat: 99175 |
| 1995 | Hildegard Behrens, Luana DeVol, Leonie Rysanek, Wolfgang Schöne, Daniel Galvez-Vallejo |
Friedemann Layer, Orchestre National de Montpellier |
CD: Actes Sud Cat: AT 34109 |
| 1997 | Alessandra Marc, Deborah Voigt, Hanna Schwarz, Samuel Ramey, Siegfried Jerusalem |
Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 453429 |
| 2004 | Deborah Polaski, Anne Schwanewilms, Felicity Palmer, Franz Grundheber, Graham Clark |
Semyon Bychkov, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Cologne |
CD: Profil Medien Cat: PH 05022 |
| 2006 | Eva Johansson, Melanie Diener, Marjana Lipovšek, Alfred Muff, Rudolf Schasching |
Christoph von Dohnányi, Zurich Opera Directed by Martin Kušej |
DVD: TDK Cat: DVWW-OPELEK |
| 2010 | Iréne Theorin, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Waltraud Meier, René Pape, Robert Gambill |
Daniele Gatti, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus (Recording of a performance at the 2010 Salzburg Festival) |
DVD: ArtHaus Musik Cat: 101559[7][8] |
| 2014 | Ingela Brimberg, Susanna Levonen, Ingrid Tobiasson, Thomas Lander, Magnus Kyhle |
Rumon Gamba, NorrlandsOperan's Symphony Orchestra filmed on 19 & 21 August 2014, Umestan Företagspark, Umeå |
DVD: Unitel Classica 731808[9] |
References
- Notes
- ^ Recordings of Elektra on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ^ Elektra (1981) at IMDb
- ^ Elektra (1981) at IMDb
- ^ "Elektra – Richard Strauss". Germany: ArtHaus Musik. 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ Telecast of 22 January 1994 at the MetOpera Database
- ^ Recording details are from the 2010 Met DVD of the 22 January 1994 telecast, from the DVD collection "James Levine Celebrating 40 Years at the Met"
- ^ "On-line catalogue entry - Richard Strauss - Elektra - DVD". ArtHaus Musik. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ Levine, Robert. "Review - Richard Strauss Elektra DVD". www.classicstoday.com. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ Hall, George. Review of Elektra, Strauss. Opera, Vol 67 No 4, April 2016, p514-5.
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