This is a list of recordings of Elektra, a one-act opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed at the Dresden State Opera on 25 January 1909.
Recordings
YearCast(Elektra, Chrysothemis,Klytemnestra, Orestes, Aegisthus)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelRecordings of Elektra on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1947Erna SchlüterLjuba WelitschPaul SchöfflerWalter WiddopThomas BeechamRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra & chorus(final scenes only, recorded on 13–15 October)CD: Naxos RecordsCat: 8.1113721949Astrid VarnayIrene JessnerElena NicolaidiHerbert JanssenFrederick JagelDimitri MitropoulosNew York Philharmonic orchestra & chorus(recorded on 25 December)CD: Guild ImmortalCat: GHCD 2213/41953Astrid VarnayLeonie RysanekRes FischerHans HotterHelmut MelchertRichard KrausWDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne & chorus(recorded in studio on 22–28 August)CD: CapriccioCat: C50081957Inge BorkhLisa Della CasaJean MadeiraKurt BöhmeMax LorenzDimitri MitropoulosVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorusCD: OrfeoCat: C456972I1957Sigrid EkkehardHedwig Müller-BütowMargarete KloseGerhard NieseGünter TreptowLovro von MatačićStaatskapelle Berlin & Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin (Mono, Live, October 3, 1957)CD: WeitblickCat: SSS0049-21958Gerda LammersHedwig Müller-BütowGeorgine von MilinkovićOtakar KrausEdgar EvansRudolf KempeRoyal Opera House orchestra & chorusCD: Royal Opera House HeritageCat: ROHS 0051960Inge BorkhMarianne SchechJean MadeiraFritz UhlKarl BöhmStaatskapelle DresdenDresden State Opera House chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 4453291964Astrid VarnayHildegard HillebrechtMartha MödlEberhard WächterJames KingHerbert von KarajanVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorusCD: OrfeoCat: C298922I1965Birgit NilssonLeonie RysanekRegina ResnikEberhard WächterWolfgang WindgassenKarl BöhmVienna State Opera orchestra & chorusCD: OrfeoCat: C886142I1967Birgit NilssonMarie CollierRegina ResnikTom KrauseGerhard StolzeGeorg SoltiVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorusCD: Decca RecordsCat: 8303021980Birgit NilssonLeonie RysanekMignon DunnDonald McIntyreRobert NagyJames LevineMetropolitan Opera orchestra & chorusDVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 073 41111981Leonie RysanekCatarina LigendzaAstrid VarnayDietrich Fischer-DieskauHans BeirerKarl BöhmVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorusDVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 073 40951988Hildegard BehrensNadine SecundeChrista LudwigJorma HynninenRagnar UlfungSeiji OzawaBoston Symphony OrchestraTanglewood Music Festival chorusCD: DeccaCat: 4705831989Éva MartonCheryl StuderBrigitte FassbaenderFranz GrundheberJames KingClaudio AbbadoVienna State Opera orchestra & chorusDVD: ArtHaus MusikCat: 1000481990Gwyneth JonesAnne EvansLeonie RysanekWolfgang SchöneRonald HamiltonJeffrey TateOrchestre de la Suisse RomandeGrand Théâtre de Genève chorus(recorded on 10 March)CD: ClavesCat: 50-2514/151990Éva MartonCheryl StuderMarjana LipovšekBernd WeiklHermann WinklerWolfgang SawallischBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 91901994Hildegard BehrensDeborah VoigtBrigitte FassbaenderDonald McIntyreJames KingJames LevineMetropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus(telecast of 22 January)Telecast of 22 January 1994 at the MetOpera DatabaseDVD: The Met OperaCat: 811357013274Recording details are from the 2010 Met DVD of the 22 January 1994 telecast, from the DVD collection "James Levine Celebrating 40 Years at the Met"1995Deborah PolaskiAlessandra MarcWaltraud MeierFalk StruckmannJohan BothaDaniel BarenboimBerlin State Opera orchestra & chorusCD: TeldecElektra, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, recorded live in February 1995, .Cat: 991751995Hildegard BehrensLuana DeVolLeonie RysanekWolfgang SchöneDaniel Galvez-VallejoFriedemann LayerOpéra national de Montpellier orchestra & chorusCD: Actes SudElektra, Festival de Radio France et Montpellier, recorded live 3 August 1995, .Cat: AT 341091997Alessandra MarcDeborah VoigtHanna SchwarzSamuel RameySiegfried JerusalemGiuseppe SinopoliVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 4534292004Deborah PolaskiAnne SchwanewilmsFelicity PalmerFranz GrundheberGraham ClarkSemyon BychkovWDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne & chorusCD: Profil MedienCat: PH 050222006Eva JohanssonMelanie DienerMarjana LipovšekAlfred MuffRudolf SchaschingChristoph von DohnányiZürich Opera House orchestra & chorusDVD: TDKCat: DVWW-OPELEK2010Jeanne-Michèle CharbonnetAngela DenokeFelicity PalmerMatthias GoerneIan StoreyValery GergievLondon Symphony Orchestra and ChorusCD: LSO LiveLondon Symphony, 2010, .2010Iréne TheorinEva-Maria WestbroekWaltraud MeierRené PapeRobert GambillDaniele GattiVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorus(Stage director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff; recorded at Salzburg Festival)Blu-ray/DVD: ArtHaus MusikSalzburg, 2010: Blu-ray ; DVD .2014Ingela BrimbergSusanna LevonenIngrid TobiassonThomas LanderMagnus KyhleRumon GambaNorrlandsOperan orchestra & chorus(recorded on 19 & 21 August)DVD: Unitel ClassicaCat: 731808Hall, George. Review of Elektra, Strauss. Opera, Vol 67 No 4, April 2016, p514-5.2016Nina StemmeAdrianne PieczonkaWaltraud MeierEric OwensBurkhard UlrichEsa-Pekka SalonenMetropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus(Production: Patrice Chéreau; recorded live on 30 April)HD video: Met Opera on Demand"Elektra" (30 April 2016), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:356455", Met Opera Archive.
References Notes
Sources Discography on Classical CD Review, accessed 3 March 2009