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This Vienna State Opera production of Strauss's opera of revenge, torment, violence and horror is directed by Harry Kupfer as a tale of tyranny and bloodshed. His bold and terrifying concept is reiterated in Hans Schavernoch's cavernous decor. He opens with an abattoir, the five maids pili...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor (Singer), Wiener Staatsoper. Orchester (Instrumentalist)
Other Authors:	Kupfer, Harry (Producer), Abbado, Claudio (Conductor), Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929 (Librettist), Sophocles
Format:	Video
Language:	German
Language Notes:	Sung in German.
Published:	Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany : Monarda Arts, 1989.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Electra > (Greek mythological figure) > Drama. Electra > (Greek mythological figure) Operas. Operas Adaptations Drama Made-for-TV movies Televised performances Televised performances. Made-for-TV movies. Adaptations. Spectacles télévisés. Téléfilms.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)