Richard Strauss - Elektra【20.64G】
Production year: 2010Label: Arthaus Musik, Unitel Classica
Country of origin: Germany
Genre: Opera
Duration: 01:48:46
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese
Reaction: Nikolaus Lehnhoff ( Nicolas Lenov)
Conductor: Daniele Gatti (Daniel Gatti)
Performers:
Iréne Theorin (Irene Theorin) - Elektra,
Waltraud Meier (Waltraud Mayer) - Klytämnestra,
Eva-Maria Westbroek (Eva-Maria Westbroek) - Chrysothemis,
Robert Gambill (Robert Gambill) - Aegisth,
René Pape (René Pape) - OrestViennese Philharmonic OrchestraDescription: Strauss met the tragedy "Electra" by the Austrian poet and playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929) in early 1906. Staged in Berlin by the famous director Reinhardt, it captivated the composer with the emotional power of characters, the frenzy of passions, and the intense dynamics of the action. In direct cooperation with Hoffmannsthal, a number of minor changes were made; the almost complete prose text of the tragedy formed the basis of the opera score. Initially, Strauss doubted the need for a musical embodiment of the plot, with its psychological content very similar to "Salome". However, the desire to contrast the demonic, passionate ancient Greece with the traditionally radiant, humanistic image of Hellas in Goethe and Winkelmann prevailed. Regular work on the music of "Electra" began in the autumn of 1907. In September 1908, the score was completed. The source for the librettist was the tragedy of the same name by Sophocles. Influenced by Nietzsche's fashionable Dionysian philosophy and Freud's psychoanalysis, Hofmannsthal radically rethought its spirit. He deliberately reduced the ethical pathos of Sophocles, abandoned the choral basis of action, and brought the painful nerve of modern art to what was happening. Mythical heroes appeared as the focus of pathological instincts and a symbol of destruction. The atmosphere of universal hatred and militant irrationalism was concentrated by the image of Electra. He embodied the central idea of the authors - the debunking of blind, uncompromising loyalty. The drama of Elektra's life — a frenzied thirst for revenge that brings a tragic death — essentially exhausts the content of the opera. The specific features of decadence, the problem of the disintegration of the human personality are reflected in the characteristics of Clytemnestra. Contrastingly, these images are accentuated by the bright appearance of Chrysophemides. Less attention is paid to male characters, although strauss's initiative greatly expanded Electra's scene with Orestes, a sublime, noble hero. It partially compensated for the oppressive lack of a lyrical-positive element in the opera.
Original description
Bonuses: Five trailersAbout Opera Video Quality: Blu-ray
Format/Container: BDMV
Video Codec: MPEG4
Audio Codec: LPCM, DTS
Video Stream: MPEG-4 Video, 1920x1080, 19424 kbps, 29.970 fps
Audio Stream: LPCM, 1536 kbps, 48 kHz, 2 ch. DTS-HD MA, 2058 kbps, 48 kHz, 6 ch
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