Offer,Strauss, R: Elektra
Evelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Anne Schwanewilms (Chrysothemis), Waltraud Meier (Klytaemnestra), Frank van Aken (Aegisth), René Pape (Orest)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
[Herlitzius] isn't afraid to push [her voice] to its limit...Generally, though, she does convey Elektra's switchback emotions with some power...Pape, an equally recurrent Orestes, is sonorous... — More…
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Strauss, R: Elektra
- Constance Heller (contralto), Evelyn Herlitzius (soprano), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Peter Lobert (bass), Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Simeon Esper (tenor), Frank van Aken (tenor), Rachel Willis-Sørensen (singer), Christiane Hossfeld (mezzo-soprano), Christa Mayer (mezzo-soprano), Matthias Henneberg (bass), René Pape (baritone), Romy Petrick (soprano), Gala El Hadidi (mezzo-soprano), Nadja Mchantaf (soprano), Nadine Secunde (soprano)
- Staatskapelle Dresden
- Christian Thielemann
- Recorded: 2014-01-28
- Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Berlin
"Wo bleibt Elektra?"
"Allein! Weh, ganz allein."
"Elektra!"