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Elektra, an opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal after Sophocles.
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor
James Levine

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Strauss
Unknown:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Conductor:
James Levine
Elektra:
Hildegard Behrens (sop)
Chrysothemis:
Deborah Voigt (sop)
Clytemnestra:
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo)
Aegisth:
James King (tenor)
Orestes:
Donald McIntyre (bar)
Overseer:
Janet Hopkins (sop)
Serving women:
Ellen Rabiner
Serving women:
Jane Shaulis (mezzos)
Serving women:
Kaaren Erickson
Serving women:
Elizabeth Byrne
Serving women:
Theresa Cincione (sops)
Guardian:
Herbert Perry (bass-Bar)
Trainbearer:
Jean Rawn (sop)
Confidante:
Judith Goldberg (sop)
Young servant:
Philip Creech (tenor)
Old servant:
Richard Vernon (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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