Elektra by Strauss at the Salzburg Festival
Elektra; 'Tragödie' in one act by Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949); Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal after Sophocle's 'Electra'; First performance in Dresden, Hofoper, 25 January 1909; Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst (Conductor); Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Ernst Raffelsberger (Chorus Master); Krzysztof Warlikowski (Stage Direction); Małgorzata Szczęśniak (Sets, costumes), Felice Ross (Lighting), Denis Guéguin (Video), Claude Bardouil (Choreography), Christian Longchamp (Dramaturgy); Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Klytämnestra); Ausrine Stundyte (Elektra); Asmik Grigorian (Chrysothemis); Michael Laurenz (Aegisth); Derek Welton (Orest); Tilmann Rönnebeck (Der Pfleger des Orest); Matthäus Schmidlechner (Ein junger Diener); Sonja Šarić (Die Aufseherin); Bonita Hyman (Erste Magd); Evgenia Asanova (Zweite Magd); Deniz Uzun (Dritte Magd); Sinéad Campbell Wallace (Vierte Magd); Natalia Tanasii (Fünfte Magd); Valeriia Savinskaia (Die Vertraute); Verity Wingate (Die Schleppträgerin); Live from the Salzburg Festival, Felsenreitschule (120 min)
