Opera in one act by Richard Strauss Libretto by HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL (sung in German)
(gramophone records) with Birgit Nilsson
Marie Collier , Regina Resnik
Cast in order of singing: Five serving-women
HELEN WATTS (contralto)
MAUREEN LEHANE (contralto)
YVONNE MINTON (mezzo-soprano)
JANE COOK (soprano)
FELICIA WEATHERS (soprano)
The overseer
PAULINE TINSLEY (soprano)
Klytemnestra's daughters:
Elektra
BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano)
Chrysothemis
MARIE COLLIER (soprano)
Klytemnestra, widow of Agamemnon
REGINA RESNIK (mezzo-soprano) A young servant
GERHARD UNGER (tenor)
Orest, Klytemnestra's son
TOM KRAUSE (baritone)
Orest's tutor
TUGOMIR FRANC (bass)
Aegisth, Klytemnestra's lover
GERHARD STOLZE (tenor)
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by Georg Solti
The action takes places in Mycenae in ancient Greece
(Birgit Nilsson can be heard in Turandot: Thurs, 2.0 pm)