ELEKTRA
by Richard Strauss
This is an important document because it was Birgit Nilsson's final opera performance. She retired days after. Gwyneth Jones would debut as Elektra the following year.
00:00 Elektra's Monologue
09:12 Scene with Chrysothemis
17:25 Scene with Clytemnestra
44:54 Scene with Chrysothemis
54:07 Scene with Orest
1:07:42 Final Scene
1:20:23 Curtain Call
Birgit Nilsson, Elektra
Gwyneth Jones, Chrysothemis
Anny Schlemm, Klytemnestra
Franz Ferdinand Nentwig, Orest
Hans Beirer, Aegisth
The Five Maids:
Anna Gonda
Margareta Hintermeier
Gertrude Jahn
Olivera Miljakovic
Lotte Rysanek
Zelotes Edmund Toliver, Der Pfleger des Orest
Gabriele Sima, Die Vertraute
Chrisselene Petropoulos, Die Schleppträgerin
Wilfried Gahmlich, Ein junger Diener
Hans Christian, Ein alter Diener
Olga Szönyi, Die Aufseherin
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Berislav Klobucar
Director - Richard Bletschacher
Design - Wieland Wagner
Live performance from
Vienna State Opera
22 January 1982
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