Overview
The Otto Schenk production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in January, 1994. Hildegard Behrens stars as Elektra, with Deborah Voigt as Chrysothemis, Brigitte Fassbaender as Klytämnestra, Donald McIntyre as Orest, and James King as Aegisth. James Levine conducts.
Cast
- Hildegard Behrens as Elektra
- Deborah Voigt as Chrysothemis
- Brigitte Fassbaender as Klytämnestra
- Donald McIntyre as Orest
- James King as Aegisth
- Judith Goldberg as The Confidant
- Jean Rawn as The Trainbearer
- Philip Creech as A Young Servant
- Richard Vernon as An Old Servant
- Herbert Perry as The Guardian of Orest