Research Catalog

Title

Elektra [videorecording] / Richard Strauss ; production of UNITEL Film- und Fernsehproduktiongesellschaft mbH und Co. ; WNET/13 ; Educational Broadcasting Corporation ; PBS.

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Publication

April 11, 1986.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
• Friedrich, Götz.
• Böhm, Karl, 1894-1981.
• Rysanek, Leonie.
• Varnay, Astrid.
• Ligendza, Catarina.
• Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012.
• Beirer, Hans.
• Greindl, Josef.
• Boysen, Rolf.
• Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor. prf
• Wiener Philharmoniker. prf
• Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
• WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
• Educational Broadcasting Corporation.
• Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
• Exxon Corporation. dnr

Description

3 videocassettes : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

Elektra, daughter of the king of Mycenae, has gone mad. Her mother ill treats her and the court ignores her. Elektra blames her mother's lust for power for her father's death. With the help of her sister, she vows vengence for this ill deed. Opera in one act. Film is presented probably with a commentary.

Series Statement

Great performances

Uniform Title

Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))

Subjects

• Feature films
• Operas > Film adaptations

Genre/Form

Feature films.

Note

• "1226" -- Container.

Access (note)

• Access to original items restricted; advance notification required for use.

Credits (note)

• Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannstahl ; director of photography, Rudolf Blahacek ; directed by Götz Friedrich.

Event (note)

• Filmed in Vienna with a sound track prerecorded in a studio, 1981; broadcast on WNET/13 Nov. April 11, 1986.

System Details (note)

• U-Matic.

Source (note)

• Exxon Corporation;

Language (note)

• Sung in German; subtitled in English.

Call Number

*LVU 374

OCLC

767598275

Author

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Title

Elektra [videorecording] / Richard Strauss ; production of UNITEL Film- und Fernsehproduktiongesellschaft mbH und Co. ; WNET/13 ; Educational Broadcasting Corporation ; PBS.

Imprint

April 11, 1986.

Series

Great performances

System Details

U-Matic.

Access

Access to original items restricted; advance notification required for use.

Credits

Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannstahl ; director of photography, Rudolf Blahacek ; directed by Götz Friedrich.

Performer

Leonie Rysanek (Elektra) ; Astrid Varnay (Klytämnestra) ; Catarina Ligendza (Chrysothemis) ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Orest) ; Hans Beirer (Aegisth) ; Josef Greindl (Pfleger des Orest) ; Rolf Boysen (Agamemnon) ; with other soloists ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Karl Böhm, conductor.

Event

Filmed in Vienna with a sound track prerecorded in a studio, 1981; broadcast on WNET/13 Nov. April 11, 1986.

Language

Sung in German; subtitled in English.

Local Note

Film version without comments is available in *LVD 1 (2 videodiscs (117 min.) : Laser Vision, sd., col. ; 12 in.).

Source

Gift; Exxon Corporation; 1993.

Added Author

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. Librettist

Friedrich, Götz. Director

Böhm, Karl, 1894-1981. Conductor

Rysanek, Leonie. Performer

Varnay, Astrid. Performer

Ligendza, Catarina. Performer

Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012. Performer

Beirer, Hans. Performer

Greindl, Josef. Performer

Boysen, Rolf. Performer

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor. Performer

Wiener Philharmoniker. Performer

Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Educational Broadcasting Corporation.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Exxon Corporation. Donor

Added Title

Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))

Research Call Number

*LVU 374