[Met Performance] CID:159050



Elektra
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, February 23, 1952 Matinee Broadcast
Broadcast Matinee Broadcast





Elektra (16)
Richard Strauss | Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Elektra
Astrid Varnay

Chrysothemis
Walburga Wegner

Klytämnestra
Elisabeth Höngen

Orest
Paul Schöffler

Aegisth
Set Svanholm

Overseer
Thelma Votipka

Serving Woman
Martha Lipton

Serving Woman
Hertha Glaz

Serving Woman
Mildred Miller

Serving Woman
Lucine Amara

Serving Woman
Genevieve Warner

Confidant
Jean Madeira

Trainbearer
Paula Lenchner

Young Servant
Paul Franke

Old Servant
Luben Vichey

Guardian
Alois Pernerstorfer


Conductor
Fritz Reiner





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Review 1:

Review of Robert Sabin in Musical America

At the season's second performance of "Elektra" the cast remained unchanged, except for the role of Orestes, in which Paul Schöffler replaced Hans Hotter. Mr. Schöffler sang with splendid assurance. He might have made the figure of the avenging son more impressive dramatically, but he was always dignified if not heroic in bearing. It is no secret by this time that the Metropolitan's Elektra, with Fritz Reiner conducting, is one of its memorable productions. Astrid Varnay was again superb in the title role: and Elizabeth Höngen offered the most searching characterization of Klytemenstra that I have ever witnessed. Walburga Wegner, Set Svanholm, and the other artists of the cast vied with the orchestra in a performance of blazing intensity that left the house in an uproar of enthusiasm as had the season's first.



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