Strauss: Elektra / Mitropoulos, Borkh, Della Casa, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Sonja Draskler (Voice)
• Kerstin Meyer (Voice)
• Jean Madeira (Mezzo Soprano)
• Max Lorenz (Tenor)
• Anny Felbermayer (Soprano)
• Audrey Gerber-Candy (Soprano)
• Lisa Otto (Soprano)
• Karol Loraine (Mezzo Soprano)
• Sieglinde Wagner (Alto)
• Lisa Casa (Voice)
• Alois Pernerstorfer (Bass Baritone)
• Georg Littasy (Voice)
• Inge Borkh (Soprano)
• Erich Majkut (Tenor)
• Marilyn Horne (Voice)
• Kurt Böhme (Voice)

Conductor

• Mitropoulos, Dimitri

Ensemble

• Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Composer

• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)

Notes & Reviews:

"This recording finds Borkh in top form. Her energy and voice never flag...Lisa della Casa is a near perfect Chrysothemis...Dimitri Mitropoulos paces the opera with an inexorable sense of direction...this Salzburg performance is a crowning achievement for both conductor and soprano." -Ira Siff

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Strauss, Richard : Elektra

• Performers: Sonja Draskler (Voice); Kerstin Meyer (Voice); Jean Madeira (Mezzo Soprano); Max Lorenz (Tenor); Anny Felbermayer (Soprano); Audrey Gerber-Candy (Soprano); Lisa Otto (Soprano); Karol Loraine (Mezzo Soprano); Sieglinde Wagner (Alto); Lisa Casa (Voice); Alois Pernerstorfer (Bass Baritone); Georg Littasy (Voice); Inge Borkh (Soprano); Kurt Böhme (Voice); Erich Majkut (Tenor); Marilyn Horne (Voice)
• Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1906-08.
• Running Time: 90 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1906-1908
• Studio/Live: Live