Elektra (opera)

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Electra_(play)_by_Sophocles
gptkb:Elektra_(play)_by_Hugo_von_Hofmannsthal
gptkbp:catalogueNumber TrV 223
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Strauss
gptkbp:duration approximately 1 hour 45 minutes
gptkbp:firstAegisthPerformer gptkb:Heinrich_Zeller
gptkbp:firstChrysothemisPerformer gptkb:Elisabeth_Schumann
gptkbp:firstElektraPerformer gptkb:Annie_Krull
gptkbp:firstKlytämnestraPerformer gptkb:Edith_Walker
gptkbp:firstOrestPerformer gptkb:Karl_Perron
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Ernst_von_Schuch
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Der_Rosenkavalier
gptkbp:genre one-act opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Elektra (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
gptkbp:notableFor use of leitmotifs
advanced harmonic language
demanding soprano role
intense psychological drama
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Inge_Borkh,_Karl_Böhm,_Dresden_Staatskapelle_(1960)
gptkb:Leonore_Kirschstein,_Karl_Böhm,_Vienna_Philharmonic_(1972)
gptkb:Birgit_Nilsson,_Georg_Solti,_Vienna_Philharmonic_(1966)
gptkbp:opusNumber Op. 58
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Salome_(opera)
gptkbp:premiereDate 25 January 1909
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Dresden_State_Opera
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Adolf_Fürstner
gptkbp:setting Mycenae, ancient Greece
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Greek_mythology
revenge
family tragedy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Elektra_(Hofmannsthal_play)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6