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Elektra
Opera in 2 acts - based on the tragedy by Sophokles
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Available as a recording for the first time ever: the first of Mikis Theodorakis' 3 great ''lyrical tragedies'' (i.e. operas).
The composer based his arrangement of the plot on Sophokles' version of the famous ancient tragedy – thus the 'theodorakian' Electra is the protagonist. She is the daughter of King Agamemmnon. After 10 years of battle for Troy the King has just returned to his palace in Mykene – only to be treacherously killed by his faithless wife Klytaimnestra and her lover Aigisthos. The murderous couple marries soon after the crime; however, their plans haven't considered Electra, who is craving revenge for her father ... ''Electra'' was composed between 1991 und 1994; its world premiere was held on May 2nd 1995 at the municipial theater of the former 'european capital of culture', Luxemburg. The 3-CD-recording was actualized under direction of Mikis Theodorakis himself with the St.Petersburg State Academic Orchestra & Choir.
The composer based his arrangement of the plot on Sophokles' version of the famous ancient tragedy – thus the 'theodorakian' Electra is the protagonist. She is the daughter of King Agamemmnon. After 10 years of battle for Troy the King has just returned to his palace in Mykene – only to be treacherously killed by his faithless wife Klytaimnestra and her lover Aigisthos. The murderous couple marries soon after the crime; however, their plans haven't considered Electra, who is craving revenge for her father ... ''Electra'' was composed between 1991 und 1994; its world premiere was held on May 2nd 1995 at the municipial theater of the former 'european capital of culture', Luxemburg. The 3-CD-recording was actualized under direction of Mikis Theodorakis himself with the St.Petersburg State Academic Orchestra & Choir.
Content
First Act (CD 1):
Pedagogue/Orestes/Pylades
Electra: "Limpid light..."
Electra: "Persephone's..."
Electra: "Oh, aged men and women..."
Electra: "Of all the days past..."
Chrysothemis: "My sister! What have you come again to shout about..."
Electra: "So this what is going on in your mind"
Chrysothemis: "They say she saw our parent in a dream..."
Electra: "My dear, what you hold in your hands..."
Chrysothemis: "Yes I will do it..."
(CD 2): Chorus: "If I be not a mad seer..."
Clytemnestra: "Masterless..."
Clytemnestra: "Protector Phoebus..."
Pedagogue: "Hail, queen..."
Pedagogue: "After the first evil..."
Chorus: "Many people mourned him then..."
Clytemnestra: "My God, how can I say it?"
Electra: "Orestes, for your suffering...
Electra: "Woe is me, the wretched..."
Electra: "I know"
Second Act (CD 3):
Chrysothemis: "Oh joy! Oh joy!"
Electra: "That I would counsel you..."
Chrysothemis: "On what might you have supported yourself..."
Electra: "You said nothing unexpected..."
Chorus: "Since the prudent birds..."
Orestes: "Good woman..."
Electra: "Oh, reminder of the most beloved..."
Orestes/Electra/Pylades
Orestes/Electra (The recognition)
Chorus: "Act of God!"
Pedagogue: "The raving madmen!"
Electra: "You were here and hid..."
Alltogether: "Apollo, king..."
Electra: "My dears, anytime now the men are finished..."
Clytemnestra: "Woe, woe! A house deserted by friends..."
Aegisthus: "Oh Zeus!..."
Aegisthus: "You speak rightly..."
Electra: "For God's sake do not leave him..."
Pedagogue/Orestes/Pylades
Electra: "Limpid light..."
Electra: "Persephone's..."
Electra: "Oh, aged men and women..."
Electra: "Of all the days past..."
Chrysothemis: "My sister! What have you come again to shout about..."
Electra: "So this what is going on in your mind"
Chrysothemis: "They say she saw our parent in a dream..."
Electra: "My dear, what you hold in your hands..."
Chrysothemis: "Yes I will do it..."
(CD 2): Chorus: "If I be not a mad seer..."
Clytemnestra: "Masterless..."
Clytemnestra: "Protector Phoebus..."
Pedagogue: "Hail, queen..."
Pedagogue: "After the first evil..."
Chorus: "Many people mourned him then..."
Clytemnestra: "My God, how can I say it?"
Electra: "Orestes, for your suffering...
Electra: "Woe is me, the wretched..."
Electra: "I know"
Second Act (CD 3):
Chrysothemis: "Oh joy! Oh joy!"
Electra: "That I would counsel you..."
Chrysothemis: "On what might you have supported yourself..."
Electra: "You said nothing unexpected..."
Chorus: "Since the prudent birds..."
Orestes: "Good woman..."
Electra: "Oh, reminder of the most beloved..."
Orestes/Electra/Pylades
Orestes/Electra (The recognition)
Chorus: "Act of God!"
Pedagogue: "The raving madmen!"
Electra: "You were here and hid..."
Alltogether: "Apollo, king..."
Electra: "My dears, anytime now the men are finished..."
Clytemnestra: "Woe, woe! A house deserted by friends..."
Aegisthus: "Oh Zeus!..."
Aegisthus: "You speak rightly..."
Electra: "For God's sake do not leave him..."
Performers
Galina Dolbones (Elektra) / Wladimir Feljaer (Orestes) / Emilia Titarenko (Chrysothemis) / Daria Rybakova (Clytemnestra) / Peter Migounov (Pedagogue) / Eugeni Witshnewski (Aegisthus) / Sergej Leonwitch (Pylades) / St. Petersburg State Academie Capella / Mikis Theodorakis: conductor
More Information
Title:
Elektra
Opera in 2 acts - based on the tragedy by Sophokles
Edition:
3 CDs
Publisher/Label:
Intuition
Duration:
155 ′57 ′′
Series:
Technical Details
Product number:
INT 33122
UPC:
750447331228
Weight:
0,23 kg
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