Strauss, R: Elektra
Jean Madeira (Klytämnestra), Inge Borkh (Elektra), Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis), Ramón Vinay (Aegisth), Hermann Uhde (Orest) & Mignon Dunn, Mary Mackenzie, Carlotta Ordassy, Margaret Roggero, Teresa Stratas (Maids)
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Joseph Rosenstock
Strauss, R: Elektra
Jean Madeira (Klytämnestra), Inge Borkh (Elektra), Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis), Ramón Vinay (Aegisth), Hermann Uhde (Orest) & Mignon Dunn, Mary Mackenzie, Carlotta Ordassy, Margaret Roggero, Teresa Stratas (Maids)
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Joseph Rosenstock
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This broadcast from 1961 is especially interesting for the Elektra of Inge Borkh - an Elektra of searing intensity and single minded purpose. Can you imagine a better cast? Rysanek, a former Elektra, justly celebrated on film and CD, will blow your socks off. Superb sound!
Bonus Tracks: Inge Borkh & Sebastian Feiersinger in 'Die Walküre', Act 1 Brussels 28/5/1961
Orchestre National de Belgique / André Vandernoot
Excellent sound
Contents and tracklist
- Carlotta Ordassy, Margaret Roggero, Thelma Votipka, Teresa Stratas, Mignon Dunn, Mary MacKenzie, Inge Borkh, Leonie Rysanek, Jean Madeira, Mary Fercana, Robert Nagy, Edward Ghazal, Hermann Uhde, Norman Scott, Ramon Vinay
- Metropolitan Opera
- Joseph Rosenstock
- Inge Borkh, Sebastian Feiersinger
- Belgium National Orchestra
- André Vandernoot
