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	Elektra (opera) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elektra is a one-act opera by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal adapted from his drama of 1903—the first of many such collaborations between composer and librettist.
		Elektra, who is the personification of the passionate lust for vengeance, tries to persuade her timid sister to kill Clytemnestra and Aegistheus.
		Musically, Elektra deploys dissonance, chromaticism and extremely fluid tonality in a way which recalls but moves beyond the same composer's Salome of 1905, and which represents Strauss's furthest advances in modernism, from which he later retreated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elektra_(opera) (326 words)

	INKPOT#85 CLASSICAL MUSIC: STRAUSS, R. Elektra - An Inktroduction.
		Elektra has not often been recorded in the studio, undoubted masterpiece that it is, but we are fortunate to have a number of great recordings taken from 'live' broadcasts.
		Elektra replies enigmatically that the sacrifice must be Klytamnestra herself if she is to be freed from the nightmares.
		Elektra tells her mother that she will be hounded to death and Klytamnestra retorts that Elektra herself will receive the severest of punishments.
	inkpot.com /classical/elektra.html (890 words)

	ELEKTRA a discourse and survey: Classical CD Reviews-July 2000 Music on the Web(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Elektra comprises an immense, dissonant score and one of the most demanding parts ever written for the female voice, with Elektra never off stage after her first appearance.
		Elektra replies enigmatically that the sacrifice must be Klytemnestra herself if she is to be freed from the nightmares.
		Elektra tells her mother that she will be hounded to death and Klytemnestra retorts that Elektra herself will receive the severest of punishments.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /classrev/2000/july00/elektra.htm (3293 words)

	CityBeat: Family Feud (2002-07-18)
		At first, Elektra is moved to dancing with joy, but eventually the stress of the tragedy bears upon her, and she falls to her own death.
		Elektra is somewhere in between, dragged down in the filth and blood of so many killings.
		Elektra is a psychological drama, thrilling and dynamic.
	www.citybeat.com /2002-07-18/onstage.shtml (778 words)

	ELEKTRA
		The final notes sung by Elektra as she dances herself to death, are to the text "Wer glücklich ist wie wir, dem ziemt nur eins: schweigen und tanzen!" ("There is only one thing fitting for those happy as we: to be silent and dance!").
		Astrid Varnay (Elektra); Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis); Res Fischer (Klytämnestra); Helmut Melchert (Aegisth); Hans Hotter (Orest).
		Hildegard Behrens (Elektra); Nadine Secunde (Chrysothemis); Christa Ludwig (Klytämnestra); Ragnar Ulfung (Aegisth); Jorma Hynninen (Orest).
	classicalcdreview.com /elektra.htm (5913 words)

	Conversations with Hildegard Behrens: On Elektra, part2
		An exploration into ELEKTRA, Richard Strauss' masterpiece of an opera, with one of the world's great dramatic sopranos and the foremost interpreter of the role.
		Behrens' performance of ELEKTRA at the Arena di Verona's Teatro Filarmonico in February 2003.
		Behrens' recent performance of ELEKTRA in Verona, HERE for a video clip of her ELEKTRA's MONOLOGUE from the Trier Antikenfestspiele production, and HERE for a slide show of scenes from ELEKTRA at the MET.
	www.ffaire.com /behrens/elektrainterview2.html (643 words)

	Review - GHCD 2285_86 Elektra
		With Elektra opera reaches a nadir of violence in the plot and Strauss’s apotheosis of musical modernism.
		In his libretto for Elektra Hofmannsthal ignores any idea of mitigation of Klytämnestra’s actions and paints her as a harridan intent on demeaning Elektra and killing her brother Orestes.
		Meanwhile Elektra, reduced to a wretched condition, plots to kill her mother and when Orestes returns he does so.
	www.guildmusic.com /histori/Reviews/rev2286z.htm (1212 words)

	Seattle Opera
		His greatest operas are collaborations with the brilliant Austrian poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal, one of the most talented writers ever to work in opera.
		The opera audiences were bored by the play, the theater audiences were bored with the opera, and everybody hated the ballet.
		She opens the opera with a lament of great beauty, prays for the arrival of Hermes, god of death, in a monologue of Wagnerian power, and finally unites with Bacchus in a long love duet that builds to an astonishing climax.
	www.seattleopera.org /operas/2003-2004/ariadne/composer.aspx (2496 words)

	Strauss Elektra Varnay Guild [CG]: Classical CD Reviews- July2002 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A tal nome palpito (Varnay and Leonard Warren) Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera conducted by Fritz Stiedry]
		The lady is clearly in command of all her forces and after one and a half hours of strenuous singing the voice is as fresh as when it started.
		Varnay’s strengths as Elektra are her weaknesses in the filler on CD2 which turns out to be a complete operatic recital.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /classrev/2002/July02/Strauss_Elektra2.htm (1554 words)

	Pittsburgh Opera stages Strauss' 'Elektra' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Speaking as Elektra, Pierson says, "I was 12 or 13 when I saw my father (Agamemnon, King of Mycenae) brutally murdered by my mother (Klytemnestra) and her lover.
		He's known the "Elektra" since he was 14 and in high school.
		And while about half of the opera is not loud, when the large orchestra gets going full tilt, it makes a big sound.
	pittsburghlive.com /x/.../entertainment/arts/opera/s_121899.html (924 words)

	Klytämnestra in Richard Strauss' ELEKTRA
		In Tokyo, the American soprano Deborah Polaski, reputed to be "the greatest Elektra of the post-war period", interpreted the title role of Agamemnon's daughter for the 138th time.
		The Canadian Robert Carsen directed an "Elektra" which is "conceptual" but accessible, with the minimalist stage mostly dark reflecting Elektra's tortured soul, a set-up which will be brought to Florence in 2008.
		After the adventure of launching the Tokyo Opera Nomori, Ozawa, who was born in China during the Japanese occupation, will in October direct "The Barber of Seville" in Shanghai.
	agnesbaltsa.operaduets.com /Klytaemnestra.html (624 words)

	Pittsburgh Opera: The Season - Elektra
		Renate Behle, who will make her Pittsburgh Opera debut as the doomed Elektra, Margaret Jane Wray and Reinhild Rünkel are all renowned for their specialization in this vocally challenging repertoire.
		Elektra, enraged by her father's murder at the hands of her adulterous mother and her lover, vows to avenge his death.
		The violence of her vengeance is unleashed with startling force as Elektra builds to its arresting climax.
	www.pittsburghopera.org /season/elektra.shtml (180 words)

	Opera Review Archive
		The presentation of the Los Angeles Opera was thrilling -- despite the fact that none of the opera's elaborate staging was attempted.
		Opera Pacific is currently presenting Verdi's Rigoletto with baritone Christopher Robertson in the title role, and soprano Elena Kelessidi as Gilda.
		Opera by Thomas Adès, to a libretto by Philip Hensher
	www.sandiego-online.com /opera/archives.shtml (2267 words)

	Amazon.ca: Strauss: Elektra: Music: Richard Strauss,Richard Wagner,Sir Thomas Beecham,Kurt Schroder,Royal Philharmonic ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Elektra: Ich Habe Keine Guten Naechte - Elisabeth Hoengen/Erna Schlueter
		Elektra: Nein, Du Sollst Mich Nicht - Erna Schlueter
		I suspect this is probably for the buyer who is familiar with this specific performance, rather than someone who wants a good Elektra to listen to and appreciate.
	www.amazon.ca /Strauss-Elektra-Sir-Thomas-Beecham/dp/B0000061D8 (652 words)

	Seattle Opera
		It is said that during a rehearsal of his opera Guntram, Strauss and Pauline became involved in a screaming brawl so loud they had to adjourn into her dressing room.
		In his opera of 1865, Tristan und Isolde, he explored all kinds of previously forbidden harmonies while his characters onstage explored forbidden feelings and relationships.
		Anyone who has heard his opera Elektra remembers the ferocious dance of victory that destroys the heroine at the end.
	www.seattleopera.org /operas/2001-2002/salome/composer.aspx (1175 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| \| Elektra
		Every scrap of action, every emotional nuance of Hofmannstahl's text elicits a nerve-end response from the orchestra; the vocal lines are freighted with unvarnished emotion, so that the dysfunctional family relationships of the house of Atreus are vividly conveyed.
		The Royal Opera's last production, by Götz Friedrich and first seen in 1990, managed that superbly; its replacement, directed and designed by Charles Edwards, is far less convincing, but the musical performances are generally so powerful that the absence of theatrical vision is mitigated.
		Elektra's first monologue, plotting her revenge for her father's murder, is presented more like a daytime reverie, while her confrontation with Klytemnestra conveys far less ill-feeling than an average episode of EastEnders.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /reviews/story/0,11712,927274,00.html (371 words)

	Elektra DVD at Video Universe
		The Vienna State Opera is flawless with Eva Marton giving an uninhibited and exultant performance in the title role.
		Strauss' opera of revenge, torment, violence and horror, performed by the Vienna State Opera.
		Elektra's mother, Klytemnestra, murderer and wife of Agamemnon is bejewelled from head to foot and consumed by the flames of guilt-ridden insanity.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/movie/pid/2112753/a/Elektra.htm (320 words)

	Austin Lyric Opera Reviews, Schedules & Photos from The Opera Critic
		Shostakovich opera plays out like Sunday night TV If you're a follower of the hit television series "Desperate Housewives," you don't have to wait until Sunday to catch the next episode.
		After launching his tenure at Austin Lyric Opera with a few seasons of Old World standbys, new artistic director Richard Buckley is setting sail for new territory in a major way.
		For three years, Austin Lyric Opera has performed under conditions that might play out to a tragic ending - sagging contributions, budget cuts, deficits and declining attendance.
	www.theoperacritic.com /company.php?company=alo (279 words)

	NPR's At the Opera
		Well, this week's opera actually is a single episode in a very long tale, and it simply begs for one of those introductions.
		Then she shows her love for the other kids by sending Orestes into exile, reducing Elektra to serving wench status, and more-or-less letting Chrysothemis run wild, so long as she stays on the property.
		And that, of course, is Elektra, the opera we'll hear this week, from Houston Grand Opera.
	www.npr.org /programs/attheopera/archives/001014.ato.html (604 words)

	Amazon.com: Strauss: Elektra: Music: Eberhard Waechter,Richard Strauss,Herbert von Karajan,Martha Mödl,Vienna ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Her Elektra may have been recorded earlier, but nowhere is it better heard than in this recording.
		Her Klytamnestra is Martha Modl, one of the greatest dramatic/ character sopranos of the golden age of Wagner.
		With Karajan, she gives the performance of her life as Elektra with very well disciplined voice although one can prefer Inge Bork as the perfect incarnation of Elektra in the "wild cat" way.
	www.amazon.com /Strauss-Elektra-Herbert-von-Karajan/dp/B0000059CR (1324 words)

	NLS Music Circular, 2002-2003 Metropolitan Opera Broadcast Librettos
		The performances of the Metropolitan Opera's annual season are broadcast on radio (ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Broadcasts) and television (Metropolitan Opera Presents Telecast Series).
		In cases where more than one order number appears for braille or large print, the libretto may be the language of the opera and English, the language of the opera only, or English only.
		For lectures, the cassette items, one book may be solely about that opera, another may be about the composer, another may be about the composer with significant material about the opera being broadcast.
	www.loc.gov /nls/music/opera03.html (593 words)

	@Macarlo, Inc. Internet Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Opera Software just announced the availability of his new browser for Windows platform, Opera 4.0 Beta 1, released March 20, 2000.
		I compared the performance of Elektra with the performance of Opera 3.62 final release and 3.62 is the winner, at this time, because is more fast in load several web pages at the same time.
		But I expect that at the second or at the third Beta Elektra will be the winner.
	macarlo.com /opera4win2103.htm (283 words)

	A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute
		For the rest of 1999-2000 season she returned to both the Dallas Opera as the Forester's Wife in Cunning Little Vixen and to Florida Grand Opera as Filipyevna in Eugene Onegin and she debuted at Oklahoma's OK Mozart Festival.
		The 1998-99 season found her returning to Opera Grand Rapids as Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera, to The Dallas Opera as Marthe in Faust, to Hawaii Opera Theatre for another production of Ballo, as well as for Elektra, and to Opera Pacific as the Marquise in La Fille du Regiment.
		She is a former Chautauqua Opera Apprentice Artist as well as a former Opera Intern with Michigan Opera Theater.
	www.fletcheropera.com /popArtistsPratnicki.html (526 words)

	Ozawa's opera company debuts in Tokyo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Tokyo Opera Nomori co-produced the performance with the Maggio Musicale festival of Florence, Italy, The Boston Globe reported.
		"Elektra" will be performed March 16, 19, and 22 as part of a 10-day all-Strauss event, which includes a concert by the Tokyo Opera Nomori Orchestra with the Alpine Chorus and soprano Ricarda Merberh, and chamber concerts by mezzo-soprano Mitsuko Shirai and pianist Hartmut Holl.
		My goal with Tokyo Opera Nomori is to create a company comprised of Japanese musicians, together with world-class singers, where the productions would originate in Japan," Ozawa said.
	news.usti.net /home/news/clari/news/wed/bx/Ujapan-opera.RD5y_FME.html (209 words)

	Death, vengeance plays key role in 'Elektra' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cincinnati Opera's Elektra is a new production created by artistic director Nicholas Muni, scenic and costume designer Dany Lyne and resident lighting designer Thomas C. Hase.
		The opera by Richard Strauss and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal is based on the Greek tragedy immortalized by Sophocles.
		The first arc is from the beginning until Elektra hears the false news of her brother Orest's death.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2002/07/14/tem_death_vengeance.html (344 words)

	Susan Marie Pierson- The American Opera Soprano: Biography
		She also returned to Austin Lyric Opera for Elektra, to Pittsburgh Opera as Lenore in Fidelio, and to the Metropolitan Opera to cover Brünnhilde in Die Walküre.
		Highlights in the previous season included her debut as Christine in Mourning becomes Electra for Seattle Opera followed by her debut as Isolde in Tristan und Isolde with the complete opera performed in concert and recorded by Titanic Records.
		She continued with more Elektras for Chemnitz, made her debut as Lenore in ten performances of Fidelio with Virginia Opera, followed by a return engagement to Chemnitz for Brünnhilde in the Ring Cycle and more performances of Elektra as well as Soprano Soloist with the Springfield Symphony in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
	www.susanmariepierson.com /piersonbiography.htm (503 words)

	NPR World Of Opera
		And it's Richard Strauss’s, “Elektra” -- the opera we'll hear this week.
		This is an opera in which, near the end, the story's most "innocent" character comes to her dear sister and lovingly describes a scene in which, "dead bodies are everywhere," and, "those still alive are smeared with blood, and smiling..."
		And naturally, we think you will enjoy it this week on NPR WORLD OF OPERA, when host Steve Curwood presents a production of Elektra from Houston Grand Opera, featuring Hildegard Behrens in the astonishing title role.
	www.npr.org /programs/worldofopera/archives/001014.woo.html (461 words)

	Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - Richard Strauss
		Almost single-handedly, he carried the Wagnerian opera tradition and the Romantic Lisztian tone poem into the twentieth century.
		His next opera, Elektra (1908), stretched these things even more and marked the beginning of one of the great operatic collaborations -- between Strauss and his librettist, the poet Hugo von Hoffmanstahl.
		Elektra gave Strauss the reputation of an Awful Modernist, which his subsequent career refuted.
	www.classical.net /music/comp.lst/straussr.html (1029 words)

	Words & Pictures Exhibit - Elektra: Assassin
		In 1909 Richard Strauss unveiled a new opera, Elektra, a Musical tragedy in one Act, based on the adaptation of the classic, Electra, by Sophocles.
		Strauss’ opera was first performed in Dresden Germany, libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
		With Hofmannsthal he produced his finest operas, including Elektra (1909) and Arabella (1933).
	www.wordsandpictures.org /elektra/elektra04.html (238 words)

	Amazon.com: Elektra (Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series): Books: Burton D. Fisher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Mozart/da Ponte operas are glorious operatic treasures, masterpieces of the lyric theater that represent a tribute to the art form as well as the genius of composer and librettist.
		The "Library" of over 70 operas is located in the upper right corner of the Home Page.
		In the courtyard of Agamemnon's palace in Mycenae, servant women ridicule Elektra, the haggard and ill-tempered daughter of the murdered King Agamemnon.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/1930841299 (627 words)

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