Richard Strauss Elektra
Opera in one act, Op. 58
Text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal after Sophocle' tragedy
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Hans Knappertsbusch, Conductor
Lothar Wallerstein, Stage Director
Alfred Roller, Sets
Rosette Anday, Klytämnestra
Rose Pauly, Elektra, her daughter
Hilde Konetzni, Chrysothemis, her daughter
Georg Maikl, Aegisth
Alfred Jerger, Orest
Karl Ettl, Orest's Tutor
Frieda Stroinigg, The Confidante
Martha Karl, The Trainbearer
William Wernigk, A Young Servant
Alfred Muzzarelli, An Old Servant
Margit Bokor, The Overseer
Bella Paalen, First Maidservant
Polly Batic, Second Maidservant
Dora With, Third Maidservant
Aenne Michalsky, Fourth Maidservant
Luise Helletsgruber, Fifth Maidservant
Choir of the Vienna State Opera
Vienna Philharmonic