Elektra discography
This is a list of recordings of Elektra, a one-act opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed at the Dresden State Opera on 25 January 1909.
Recordings[]
Year | Cast (Elektra, Chrysothemis, Klytemnestra, Orestes, Aegisthus) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label[1] |
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1947 | Erna Schlüter Paul Schöffler Ljuba Welitsch Walter Widdop |
Thomas Beecham Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & chorus (final scenes only, recorded on 13-15 October) |
CD: Naxos Records Cat: 8.111372 |
1949 | Astrid Varnay Irene Jessner Elena Nicolaidi Herbert Janssen Frederick Jagel |
Dimitri Mitropoulos New York Philharmonic orchestra & chorus (recorded on 25 December) |
CD: Guild Immortal Cat: GHCD 2213/4 |
1953 | Astrid Varnay Leonie Rysanek Res Fischer Hans Hotter Helmut Melchert |
Richard Kraus WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne & chorus (recorded in studio on 22-28 August) |
CD: Capriccio Cat: C5008 |
1957 | Inge Borkh Lisa Della Casa Jean Madeira Kurt Böhme Max Lorenz |
Dimitri Mitropoulos Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus |
CD: Orfeo Cat: C456972I |
1957 | Sigrid Ekkehard Hedwig Müller-Bütow Margarete Klose Gerhard Niese Günter Treptow |
Lovro von Matačić Staatskapelle Berlin & Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin (Mono, Live, October 3, 1957) |
CD: Weitblick Cat: SSS0049-2 |
1958 | Gerda Lammers Hedwig Müller-Bütow Georgine von Milinkovic Edgar Evans Otakar Kraus |
Rudolf Kempe Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus |
CD: Royal Opera House Heritage Cat: ROHS 005 |
1960 | Inge Borkh Marianne Schech Jean Madeira Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Fritz Uhl |
Karl Böhm Staatskapelle Dresden Dresden State Opera House chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 445329 |
1964 | Astrid Varnay Hildegard Hillebrecht Martha Mödl Eberhard Wächter James King |
Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus |
CD: Orfeo Cat: C298922I |
1965 | Birgit Nilsson Leonie Rysanek Regina Resnik Eberhard Wächter Wolfgang Windgassen |
Karl Böhm Vienna State Opera orchestra & chorus |
CD: Orfeo Cat: C886142I |
1967 | Birgit Nilsson Marie Collier Regina Resnik Tom Krause Gerhard Stolze |
Georg Solti Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus |
CD: Decca Records Cat: 830302 |
1980 | Birgit Nilsson Leonie Rysanek Mignon Dunn Donald McIntyre Robert Nagy |
James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus[2] |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 4111 |
1981 | Leonie Rysanek Catarina Ligendza Astrid Varnay Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Hans Beirer |
Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus[3] |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 4095 |
1988 | Hildegard Behrens Nadine Secunde Christa Ludwig Jorma Hynninen Ragnar Ulfung |
Seiji Ozawa Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Music Festival chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 470583 |
1989 | Éva Marton Cheryl Studer Brigitte Fassbaender Franz Grundheber James King |
Claudio Abbado Vienna State Opera orchestra & chorus |
DVD: ArtHaus Musik Cat: 100048[4] |
1990 | Gwyneth Jones Anne Evans Leonie Rysanek Wolfgang Schöne Ronald Hamilton |
Jeffrey Tate Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Grand Théâtre de Genève chorus (recorded on 10 March) |
CD: Claves Cat: 50-2514/15 |
Éva Marton Cheryl Studer Marjana Lipovšek Bernd Weikl Hermann Winkler |
Wolfgang Sawallisch Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 9190 | |
1994 | Hildegard Behrens Deborah Voigt Brigitte Fassbaender Donald McIntyre James King |
James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus (telecast of 22 January)[5] |
DVD: The Met Opera Cat: 811357013274[6] |
1995 | Deborah Polaski Alessandra Marc Waltraud Meier Falk Struckmann Johan Botha |
Daniel Barenboim Berlin State Opera orchestra & chorus |
CD: Teldec Cat: 99175 |
Hildegard Behrens Luana DeVol Leonie Rysanek Wolfgang Schöne Daniel Galvez-Vallejo |
Friedemann Layer Opéra national de Montpellier orchestra & chorus |
CD: Actes Sud Cat: AT 34109 | |
1997 | Alessandra Marc Deborah Voigt Hanna Schwarz Samuel Ramey Siegfried Jerusalem |
Giuseppe Sinopoli Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 453429 |
2004 | Deborah Polaski Anne Schwanewilms Felicity Palmer Franz Grundheber Graham Clark |
Semyon Bychkov WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne & chorus |
CD: Profil Medien Cat: PH 05022 |
2006 | Eva Johansson Melanie Diener Marjana Lipovšek Alfred Muff Rudolf Schasching |
Christoph von Dohnányi Zürich Opera House orchestra & chorus |
DVD: TDK Cat: DVWW-OPELEK |
2010 | Iréne Theorin Eva-Maria Westbroek Waltraud Meier René Pape Robert Gambill |
Daniele Gatti Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus (recorded at Salzburg Festival) |
DVD: ArtHaus Musik Cat: 101559[7][8] |
2014 | Ingela Brimberg Susanna Levonen Ingrid Tobiasson Thomas Lander Magnus Kyhle |
Rumon Gamba NorrlandsOperan orchestra & chorus (filmed on 19 & 21 August) |
DVD: Unitel Classica Cat: 731808[9] |
References[]
- Notes
- ^ Recordings of Elektra on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ^ Elektra (1981) at IMDb
- ^ Elektra (1981) at IMDb
- ^ "Elektra – Richard Strauss". Germany: ArtHaus Musik. 2006. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ Telecast of 22 January 1994 at the MetOpera Database
- ^ Recording details are from the 2010 Met DVD of the 22 January 1994 telecast, from the DVD collection "James Levine Celebrating 40 Years at the Met"
- ^ "On-line catalogue entry - Richard Strauss - Elektra - DVD". ArtHaus Musik. Retrieved 16 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Levine, Robert. "Review - Richard Strauss Elektra DVD". www.classicstoday.com. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ Hall, George. Review of Elektra, Strauss. Opera, Vol 67 No 4, April 2016, p514-5.
- Sources
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- Opera discographies
- Operas by Richard Strauss