Strauss, R: Elektra (Thielemann)
Recorded live in Jan/Feb, 2010
Certificate: N/A
Running Time: c.126 mins
Retail Price: £24.99
Release Date: 01/11/2010
Content Type: Musical Recording
Synopsis:
The richness and intensity of Richard Stauss's masterful one-act opera. in herbert Wernicke's compelling production, vividly portrays the relentless pursuit and ecstatic realisation of vengeance.
Linda Watson, as a merciless Elektra, joins Jane Henschel as Klytämnestra and Manuela Uhl as Chrysothemis to head a magnificent cast which see commanding performances also from Albert Dohman and René Kollo.
The Munich Philharmonic, under the direction of Christian Thielemann, brilliantly captures the score's demands for overwhelming power and finely balanced delicacy throughout.
Special Features:
Making of....
Cast Gallery
Related Websites:
http://www.bayerische.staatsoper.de/866-ZG9tPWRvbTEmbD1lbg-~Staatsoper~bso_aktuell~aktuelles.html
http://www.opusarte.com/en/
External Reviews:
http://www.musicalpointers.co.uk/reviews/cddvd10/StraussElektraOpArte.html
Video Tracks:
NTSC 16:9 Anamorphic
Audio Tracks:
DTS
LPCM Stereo
Subtitle Tracks:
English
French
German
Spanish
Your Opinions and Comments
Your review is valuable because of the large images included
Mine is at http://www.musicalpointers.co.uk/reviews/cddvd10/StraussElektraOpArte.html
and wish you good surfing there for many other operas on DVD
Thanks for taking the time to read the review. It is certainly a fantastic performance (with an excellent transfer onto DVD). Thanks also for the link to the musicalpointers selection - always good to have a variety of opintion to muse upon! I'm very familiar with the site, and consider it a very useful place to learn about unfamiliar works. If there's any chance of slipping in a link to my own review then that would be great :-)
Have already done so re your Ercole Amante, which chanced to "introduce" me to myReviewer, and agree that cross-links can only help everyone - impressed by your inclusion of large size images, which I'v never risked; more than a dozen of them (is there a c. issue?).
See my rev of that one DVD at
http://www.musicalpointers.co.uk/reviews/cddvd10/CavalliErcoleAmante.html
PGW
Thanks very much for that! (I had often wondered whether things were being read to be honest :p) I've actually been meaning to check with the powers-that-be on whether we are able to link to external reviews (can't really see a problem msyelf, but will have to confirm) of the same item, but if I can then I'll definitely return the favour! Should be relatively straightforward to do this retrospectively as well.
As for the images, I've not had any problem with Opus Arte. Their press office certainly don't appear to mind at least. I use VLC Media Player (free software) on my computer to grab as many screenshots as I fancy, and those not included in the review sit there on the right hand side ready for 'expansion' should anyone want to see what else is going on.
Alan