[Met Performance] CID:213570



Elektra
Metropolitan Opera House, Tue, February 20, 1968

Debut : Ina Delcampo




Elektra (38)
Richard Strauss | Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Elektra
Birgit Nilsson

Chrysothemis
Ina Delcampo [Debut]

Klytämnestra
Jean Madeira

Orest
William Dooley

Aegisth
Ticho Parly

Overseer
Carlotta Ordassy

Serving Woman
Shirley Love

Serving Woman
Joann Grillo

Serving Woman
Nancy Williams

Serving Woman
Lilian Sukis

Serving Woman
Clarice Carson

Confidant
Elinor Harper

Trainbearer
Mary Fercana

Young Servant
Charles Anthony

Old Servant
Edward Ghazal

Guardian
Paul Plishka


Conductor
Thomas Schippers







Review 1:

Review of Irving Kolodin in the Saturday

In conjunction with Birgit Nilsson's last Elektra of the season - which was, perhaps, the best sung of any she has ever offered here - there was occasion for re-acquaintance with the Klytämnestra of Jean Madeira. She has, in the lapse of seven years since last performing the part here, intensified its horror content by an infusion of psychopathic degeneracy almost endearing in its loathsomeness. As for vocal production, when she enunciated her first words - "Was willst Du? Seht doch, dort!" - one had the impression that, maybe, after all, the new Met did incorporate an amplifying system. Such a fantasy was of no service to Ina Delcampo, a soprano associated with a background in Vienna, who made her debut as Chrysothemis. Her action suggested a long, hard look at the characterization of Leonie Rysanek, but it was blurred, foggy, and unfocused in vocal production - a set of strong disabilities vis-a-vis Strauss's scoring.



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