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Live from Covent Garden: Elektra

on BBC Radio 3

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Strauss's tale of revenge, based on the play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal after Sophocles.
Elektra is keen to avenge the murder of her father, and free herself and her sister from the tyranny of their mother. With the help of her long-lost brother, Elektra's desire for matricide is fulfilled.
Before the performance, in Matricide without Tears, Dr Peter Jones , senior lecturer in classics at Newcastle
University, looks at the origins of Strauss's Elektra with readings by members of the Actors of Dionysus.
7.30 Elektra
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conductor Christian Thielemann
INDIA SEASON

Contributors

Play By:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Unknown:
Dr Peter Jones
Conductor:
Christian Thielemann
Elektra:
Hildegard Behrens (soprano)
Chrysothemis:
Nadine Secunde (soprano)
Clytemnestra:
Jane Henschel (contralto)
Overseer:
Elizabeth Vaughan (mezzo)
Maids:
Frances McCafferty (mezzo)
Maids:
Yvonne Howard (mezzo)
Maids:
Gillian Knight (mezzo)
Maids:
Malmfrid Sand (soprano)
Maids:
Sandra Zeltzer (soprano)
Aegisthus:
Robert Tear (tenor)
Orestes:
Alan Held (bantone)
Orestes' Tutor:
Jeremy White (bass)
Confidant:
Patricia Cameron (soprano)
Trainbearer:
Andrea Hazell (mezzo)
Young Servant:
Barry Ryan (tenor)
Old Servant:
Grant Dickson (bass)

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