Elektra's Death, Salzburg Festival 1957 (Inge Borkh, Lisa della Casa)

"I forgot to give him the axe
with which to slay our mother.
There are no gods in heaven!"
"Let those who are happy do as I do --
be silent, and DANCE!"
~Elektra
Elektra bids Orest to slay their mother inside the house. Roused by the blood-curdling screams of Klytemnestra, the maids rush to find out but leave immediately when Aegisth arrives. Aegisth enters the courtyard cheerfully, not knowing the murder that just happened and surprised by the presence of Elektra, who bears a torch to escort him into the house. Once he enters, struggles and violent commotion are heard from within the house. Chrysothemis bursts into the scene to declare that Orest has triumphed and that everyone in the house is rejoicing. Elektra breaks out into a jubilant ecstatic dance, then she falls dead at the climax. Chrysothemis calls out to Orest for help, but nobody hears her pleas. The opera closes with Elektra lying dead on the floor.
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ELEKTRA
One Act Tragedy
by Richard Strauss
Inge Borkh (1921-2018), Elektra
Lisa della Casa (1919-2012), Chrysothemis
Jean Madeira (1918-1972), Klytemnestra
Kurt Bohme (1908-1989), Orest
Max Lorenz (1901-1975), Aegisth
Others:
Alois Pernerstorfer
Anny Felbermayr
Karol Loraine
Erich Majkut
Georg Littasy
Audrey Gerber
Five Maids:
Kerstin Meyer
Sonja Draksler
Sigelinde Wagner
Marilyn Horne
Lisa Otto
Choir of the Vienna State Opera
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Mitropoulos (1896-1960), Conductor
Live from Salzburg Festival
07 August 1957
Digitally Remastered
(c) 1997, Released under Orfeo
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