Elektra

Overview

The Otto Schenk production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in January, 1994. Hildegard Behrens stars as Elektra, with Deborah Voigt as Chrysothemis, Brigitte Fassbaender as Klytämnestra, Donald McIntyre as Orest, and James King as Aegisth. James Levine conducts.

Details

Cast

Hildegard Behrens

Elektra

Deborah Voigt

Chrysothemis

Brigitte Fassbaender

Klytämnestra

Donald McIntyre

Orest

James King

Aegisth

Judith Goldberg

The Confidant

Jean Rawn

The Trainbearer

Philip Creech

A Young Servant

Richard Vernon

An Old Servant

Herbert Perry

The Guardian of Orest

Janet Hopkins

The Overseer of the Servants

Ellen Rabiner

Maid Servant

Kaaren Erickson

Maid Servant

Jane Shaulis

Maid Servant

Elizabeth Byrne

Maid Servant

Theresa Cincione

Maid Servant

James Levine

Conductor

MET Orchestra