| Description |
2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mixed |
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stereo |
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Dolby digital 2.0 |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD ; Region 0 ; PCM Stereo ; DTS 5.1 (DVD 1) ; Dolby digital 2.0 (DVD 2). |
| Performer |
Leonie Rysanek (Elektra) ; Astrid Varney (Klytämnestra) ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Orest) ; Catarina Ligendza (Chrysothemis) ; Hans Beirer (Aegisth) ; other soloists ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Karl Böhm, conductor. |
| Credits |
Set design, Josef Svoboda; costumes, Pet Halmen; director of photography, Rudolf Blahacek. |
| Event |
Filmed in Vienna, June and July 1981; sound recorded at Sofiensaal, Vienna, March and April, 1981. |
| Note |
Program notes and synopsis in English (8 p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Summary |
Clytemnestra, Queen of Thebes, has murdered her husband with the help of her lover Aegisthus. Electra, her daughter, has taken her younger brother Orestes to a place of safety in a foreign country, where he is brought up to be the avenger of his father. While the palace residents (including Chrysothemis, Electra's sister) have come to terms with the new situation, Electra alone keeps the memory of her father's murder alive, waiting for the day of retribution. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Opera (116 min.) -- Disc 2. Documentary: Ob ich die Musik nicht höre? Sie kommt doch aus mir : Karl Böhm, Götz Friedrich, Elektra by Richard Strauss ; a film by Norbert Beilharz (93 min.). |
| Language |
Sung in German ; subtitles in English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929, librettist.
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Rysanek, Leonie.
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Varnay, Astrid.
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Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012, performer.
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Friedrich, Götz.
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Ligendza, Catarina.
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Beirer, Hans.
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Böhm, Karl, 1894-1981, conductor.
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Beilharz, Norbert.
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Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
Elektra.
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Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, performer.
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Wiener Philharmoniker, performer.
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Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
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Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Ob ich die Musik nicht höre? Sie kommt doch aus mir.
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| Standard No. |
044007340950 |
| Music No. |
B0005082-09 Deutsche Grammophon |
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