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Edinburgh International Festival: Elektra

on BBC Radio 3

Tragedy in one act
Music by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo Von Hofmannsthal after Sophocles (sung in German)
Royal Opera Stockholm production direct from the King's Theatre
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Stockholm
Chorus-master Lasse Zilliacus
Conducted by Berislav Klobucar

(Stereo)

Contributors

Composer:
Richard Strauss
Librettist:
Hugo Von Hofmannsthal
Musicians:
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Stockholm
Chorus-master:
Lasse Zilliacus
Conductor:
Berislav Klobucar
Producer:
Ann Margret Petterson
Serving Maid:
Ileana Petterson (contralto)
Serving Maid:
Margo Rodin (mezzo-soprano)
Serving Maid:
Dorrit Kleimert (mezzo-sop)
Serving Maid:
Hillevi Blyloos (soprano)
Serving Maid:
Laila Andersson (soprano)
The overseer:
Margareta Bergstrom (soprano)
Electra:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Chrysothemis, her sister:
Berit Lindholm (soprano)
Clytemnestra, their mother:
Barbro Ericson (mezzo-soprano)
Her confidante:
Kjerstin Dellart (soprano)
Her trainbearer:
Sylvia Lindenstrand (soprano)
Young servant:
John-Erik Jacobsson (tenor)
Old servant:
Paul Boglund (bass)
Orestes, brother of Electra:
Erik Saeden (baritone)
His guardian:
Bjorn Asker (bass)
Aegisthus:
Kolbjorn Hoiseth (tenor)

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