Elektra (Richard Strauss opera)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Elektra_(Richard_Strauss_opera)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Elektra_(play_by_Hugo_von_Hofmannsthal)
gptkb:Elektra_(play_by_Sophocles)
gptkbp:catalogueNumber TrV 223
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Strauss
gptkbp:duration about 100 minutes
gptkbp:firstAegisthPerformer gptkb:Heinrich_Zeller
gptkbp:firstChrysothemisPerformer gptkb:Elisabeth_Böhm_van_Endert
gptkbp:firstElektraPerformer gptkb:Annie_Krull
gptkbp:firstKlytämnestraPerformer gptkb:Edith_Urban
gptkbp:firstOrestPerformer gptkb:Karl_Perron
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Ernst_von_Schuch
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Der_Rosenkavalier
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Elektra (Richard Strauss opera)
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Hugo_von_Hofmannsthal
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Klytämnestra
gptkb:Orest
gptkb:Elektra
gptkb:Chrysothemis
gptkb:Aegisth
gptkbp:notableAria Allein! Weh, ganz allein
Ich kann nicht sitzen
Orest! Orest!
gptkbp:notableProduction Harry Kupfer (director), 1989 Bayreuth Festival
Patrice Chéreau (director), 2013 Aix-en-Provence Festival
Herbert Wernicke (director), 1997 Salzburg Festival
gptkbp:notableRecording Inge Borkh (Elektra), Karl Böhm (conductor), Dresden Staatskapelle, 1960
Birgit Nilsson (Elektra), Georg Solti (conductor), Vienna Philharmonic, 1967
gptkbp:numberOfActs 1
gptkbp:opusNumber op. 58
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Salome_(Richard_Strauss_opera)
gptkbp:premiereDate 1909-01-25
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Dresden_State_Opera
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Adolph_Fürstner
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Mycenae
gptkbp:style expressionist
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Greek_mythology
revenge
family tragedy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Elektra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5