RICHARD STRAUSS

 

Elektra

 

Elektra - Iréne Theorin

Klytämnestra - Waltraud Meier

Chrysothemis - Eva-Maria Westbroek

Aegisth - Robert Gambill

Orest - René Pape

Wiener Philharmoniker / Daniele Gatti

Stage Directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff

Set by Raimund Bauer

 

Live recording from the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival, 2010

 

With Richard Strauss’ Elektra, the Salzburg Festival delivers a thoroughly impressive new production that the Vienna daily Kurier calls the “best new opera production of 2010”. Reaping acclaim are the top- uality vocalists as well as the mighty stage set and the sensitive direction of Nikolaus Lehnhoff. Portraying Elektra is Swedish soprano Iréne Theorin, who injects astonishing dramatic power into her role. “Impressive in every respect”, wrote the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about her role debut here. Internationally acclaimed Wagner singer Waltraud Meier also gives her spectacular, commanding stage debut here as Klytämnestra. They are complemented by an outstanding Eva-Maria Westbroek as Chrysothemis, and a forceful René Pape as Orest. Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s many years of experience on the world’s greatest stages are clearly visible in his direction of the singers: moving about a sinister, forbidding set bathed in suggestively changing lighting, the vocalists are treated as stage actors, whose expressive gestures are captured with particular vividness and immediacy by the camera. Leading the Wiener Philharmoniker is Daniele Gatti. Alternating between late 19th-century lyricism and early 20th-century excess, he clearly emphasizes the dual conflicts at the heart of the work.

 

“…a triumph for director Nikolaus Lehnhoff and his distinguished cast of singers.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s new production of ‘Elektra’ ends with a stroke of genius that arrives with a shock.” Financial Times

 

Sound Format: PCM Stereo,

dts-HD Master Audio 5.1

Picture Format: 16:9

Resolution: 1080i FULL HD

Subtitle Languages: DE, IT, GB, FR, ES, JP

Running Time: 109 mins

Blu-ray Disc: 25 GB (Single Layer)

FSK: 6

Region Code: 0

Worldwide available 

 

PLEASE NOTE THIS BLU-RAY DISC IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH STANDARD DVD PLAYERS

 

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