
The Otto Schenk production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in January, 1994. Hildegard Behrens stars as Elektra, with Deborah Voigt as Chrysothemis, Brigitte Fassbaender as Klytämnestra, Donald McIntyre as Orest, and James King as Aegisth. James Levine conducts.
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Cast

Hildegard Behrens
Elektra

Deborah Voigt
Chrysothemis
Brigitte Fassbaender
Klytämnestra

Donald McIntyre
Orest

James King
Aegisth

Judith Goldberg
The Confidant
Jean Rawn
The Trainbearer
Philip Creech
A Young Servant

Richard Vernon
An Old Servant
Herbert Perry
The Guardian of Orest
Janet Hopkins
The Overseer of the Servants
Ellen Rabiner
Maid Servant
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