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