Elektra

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.

Drama Music

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