Strauss: Elektra
Overview
It's hard to imagine confirmed Straussians not wanting this starry Metropolitan Opera performance of Elektra. Strauss and his librettist, Hugo von Hofmannstahl, transformed Sophocles' take on Homer's tale into a harrowing opera noir. Elektra lives for one reason, to kill her mother, Klytämnestra, and her stepfather, Aegisth, the murderers of her father, Agamemnon. In contrast to Elektra's vengeful obsession, her sister Chrysothemis desires to get on with life. When their long-missing brother, Orestes, returns to do the deed, Elektra celebrates with a dance of death and, her sole purpose in life fulfilled, dies. Strauss joined the hermetic plot to music of the utmost opulence, violent and yearning by turns, evoking the cardinal principles of Greek tragedy - pity and terror.
About Strauss: Elektra (1980)
Strauss: Elektra (1980) is a music movie produced by Deutsche Grammophon in United States of America. It was directed by David Stivender and Herbert Graf and written by Hugo von Hofmannstahl. On screen you will see Mignon Dunn, Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Robert Nagy and Donald McIntyre. With a runtime of 1h 50m, the film is available in full HD.
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