Elektra, Op. 58, is a one-act opera by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, [1] which he adapted from his 1903 drama Elektra. The opera was the first …

Apr 19, 2020 · With Elektra, Strauss consolidated his reputation as a leading composer of the avant-garde, which he had earned with his symphonic music (e.g. ein Heldenleben/A hero’s …

Dec 13, 2020 · Richard Strauss - Elektra, Op. 58 (1906-1908)Performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera ChorusConducted by Sir Georg SoltiCast...

Elektra becomes aware that she is being watched by one of the strangers who had come bearing the news of Orest’s death. Her obvious grieving for Orest prompts the stranger to ask her who …

Contains scordatura passage for violin. Arrangement for reduced orchestra also by the composer.

Although he went on to write many more operas, Elektra will always be considered Richard Strauss’ most modern work. In this astonishing work, he set the most intense and most …

Based on a character from Greek mythology, Elektra is one of the most demanding roles in the dramatic soprano repertoire. It was also the first opera in which Strauss collaborated with the …

Richard Strauss’s Elektra (1909) was one of the earliest works to make use of polytonality; in certain passages the instruments and voice parts are grouped into layers, each of which …

Elektra is a one-act opera by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, which he adapted from his 1903 drama Elektra. The opera was the first of …

Like a call issuing from a mythical distant past, Richard Strauss’ Elektra summons the magic of eerie gloom and archaic brutality. An almost inevitable 'tremendous increase to the very end' …