Special offer. Strauss, R: Elektra
Ingela Brimberg (Elektra), Susanna Levonen (Chrysothemis), Ingrid Tobiasson (Klytaemnestra), Thomas Lander (Orestes), Magnus Kyhle (Aegisthus)
Norrlands Operan's Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
This is more than the souvenir of a showy occasion…and its sheer hallucinatory power holds the watcher
Special offer. Strauss, R: Elektra
Ingela Brimberg (Elektra), Susanna Levonen (Chrysothemis), Ingrid Tobiasson (Klytaemnestra), Thomas Lander (Orestes), Magnus Kyhle (Aegisthus)
Norrlands Operan's Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
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This is more than the souvenir of a showy occasion…and its sheer hallucinatory power holds the watcher
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STAGED BY: La Fura dels Baus
NorrlandsOperan and the dramatic art collective La Fura Dels Baus have create a unique monumental outdoor performance of Richard Strauss’ oneact opera Elektra. Cranes, mechanical giants with singers standing inside their chests, skips filled with Blood – Elektra is NorrlandsOperan’s biggest and most complex production ever, including many ‘special-effects’: “Suddenly, the front of the large containers opened up. Bloody water came gushing out in copious amounts. The water level on the graveyard rose and turned red.” (Kulturkorren)
RECORDING DATE: Umea, Sweden, 2014
SOUND FORMAT DVD: PCM Stereo, dts 5.1
PICTURE 16:9, HD
SUBTITLES: German (original language), English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese
BOOKLET: English, German, French
TOTAL RUNNING TIME. 110 MINS
Contents and tracklist
- Ingela Brimberg (Elektra), Susanna Levonen (Chrysothemis), Ingrid Tobiasson (Klytaemnestra), Thomas Lander (Orestes), Magnus Kyhle (Aegisthus), Lennart Forsén (Tutor/An old servant), Margaretha Dahlhamn, Agneta Lundgren, Katarina Leoson, Sara Olsson, Karin Andersson (Maids), Niklas Björlig Rygert (Young Servant), Annelie Lindfors (Overseer)
- Norrlands Operan's Symphony Orchestra
- Rumon Gamba
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Awards and reviews
February 2016
This is more than the souvenir of a showy occasion…and its sheer hallucinatory power holds the watcher
April 2016
The cast is at least solid, and in some cases a good deal more. In her role debut, Ingela Brimberg offers a memorably intense and intelligent Elektra, commanding attention with her concentrated physical performance as much as her tireless vocalism. it’s the totality of the experience, above all, that impresses and lingers in the memory. As an outdoor spectacle, it must have made an indelible impression, and even on film its impact is utterly extraordinary.
