| Description |
1 videodisc (133 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical stereo |
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digital optical stereo LPCM 2.0 surround Dolby Digital 5.1 |
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widescreen 16:9 |
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NTSC |
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video file DVD video all regions |
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Motion picture. |
| System Details |
DVD-9; NTSC; all regions; soundtracks in Dolby digital 5.1, LPCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9; filmed in HD |
| Performer |
Evelyn Herlitzius (Elektra) ; Waltraud Meier (Klytämnestra) ; Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis) ; Mikhail Petrenko (Orest) ; Tom Randle (Aegisth) ; supporting soloists ; Coro Gulbenkian ; Orchestre de Paris ; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor. |
| Credits |
Stage director, Patrice Chéreau ; set design, Richard Peduzzi ; costume design, Caroline de Vivaise ; lighting design, Dominique Bruguière. |
| Event |
Recorded in performance 2013 July Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. |
| Note |
Tragédie en un acte. |
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Bonus: Interview with Patrice Chéreau (23 min.). |
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Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French (35 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.) bound in container. |
| Summary |
Queen Clytemnestra, mother of Elektra, and her lover Aegistheus have murdered the king. Elektra wants revenge and hopes to enlist her sister Chrysothemis and her brother Orestes. But Chrysothemis renounces vengeance, and Orestes lives abroad. |
| Language |
Sung in German, with optional subtitles in English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. |
| Subject |
Electra (Greek mythological figure) -- Drama.
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Electra (Greek mythological figure) |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Murder victims' families -- Drama.
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Murder victims' families. |
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Revenge -- Drama.
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Revenge. |
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Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Libretto based on (work): Sophocles.
Electra.
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Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929, librettist.
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Herlitzius, Evelyn, performer.
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Meier, Waltraud, performer.
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Pieczonka, Adrianne, 1963- performer.
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Petrenko, Mikhail, 1976- performer.
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Randle, Thomas, performer.
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Salonen, Esa-Pekka, 1958- conductor.
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Chéreau, Patrice, stage director.
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Peduzzi, Richard, set designer.
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Vivaise, Caroline de, costume designer.
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Bruguière, Dominique, lighting designer.
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Duplat, François, film producer.
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Metge, Stéphane, filmmaker.
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Container of (work): Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
Elektra.
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Coro Gulbenkian, performer.
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Orchestre de Paris, performer.
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ARTE France, producer.
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Bel Air Media (Firm), producer.
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France télévision, producer.
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Festival international d'art lyrique et de musique (Aix-en-Provence, France), producer.
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| Standard No. |
3760115301108 |
| Music No. |
BAC110 Bel Air Classiques |
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