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Live from the Met: Elektra
Richard Strauss 's opera is based on Sophocles's gruesome tragedy. Elektra seeks revenge forthe murder of herfather Agamemnon by her mother Klytemnestra and Klytemnestra's lover Aegisthus.
Including at 8.50 Opera Snaps, in which
Rodney Milnes takes a sideways glance at this evening's opera.
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor James Levine

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Strauss
Unknown:
Rodney Milnes
Conductor:
James Levine
Elektra:
Gabriele Schnaut(mezzo)
Chrysothemis:
Deborah Voigt(soprano)
Klytemnestra:
Hanna Schwarz(mezzo)
Aegisthus:
Siegfried Jerusalem(tenor)
Orestes:
René Pape(bass)
Source: Radio Times

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