[Met Performance] CID:223740
Elektra {40} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/27/1970.

(Debut: Raeschelle Potter)


Metropolitan Opera House
November 27, 1970


ELEKTRA {40}
R. Strauss-Hofmannsthal

Elektra.................Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis............Leonie Rysanek
Klytämnestra............Regina Resnik
Orest...................Thomas Stewart
Aegisth.................Helge Brilioth
Overseer................Carlotta Ordassy
Serving Woman...........Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Serving Woman...........Shirley Love
Serving Woman...........Gwendolyn Killebrew
Serving Woman...........Judith De Paul
Serving Woman...........Margaret Kalil
Confidant...............Elinor Harper
Trainbearer.............Raeschelle Potter [Debut]
Young Servant...........Leo Goeke
Old Servant.............Edward Ghazal
Guardian................Richard Best

Conductor...............Karl Böhm

Production..............Herbert Graf
Stage Director..........Bodo Igesz
Designer................Rudolf Heinrich

Elektra received five performances this season.


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1970-71
• Elektra: Conductor [Böhm, Karl]
• Elektra: Elektra [Nilsson, Birgit]
• Elektra: Chrysothemis [Rysanek, Leonie]
• Elektra: Klytämnestra [Resnik, Regina]
• Elektra: Orest [Stewart, Thomas]
• Elektra: Aegisth [Brilioth, Helge]
• Elektra: Overseer [Ordassy, Carlotta]
• Elektra: Serving Woman [Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah]
• Elektra: Serving Woman [Love, Shirley]
• Elektra: Serving Woman [Killebrew, Gwendolyn]
• Elektra: Serving Woman [De Paul, Judith]
• Elektra: Serving Woman [Kalil, Margaret]
• Elektra: Confidant [Harper, Elinor]
• Elektra: Trainbearer [Potter, Raeschelle]
• Elektra: Young Servant [Goeke, Leo]
• Elektra: Old Servant [Ghazal, Edward]
• Elektra: Guardian [Best, Richard]
• Elektra: Production [Graf, Herbert]
• Elektra: Designer [Heinrich, Rudolf]
• Elektra: Stage Director [Igesz, Bodo]
• 1970-71: Elektra: 5 performances: Statistics
Met Careers
• Best, Richard [Bass]
• Böhm, Karl [Conductor]
• Brilioth, Helge [Tenor]
• De Paul, Judith [Soprano]
• Ghazal, Edward [Bass]
• Godfrey Ben-David, Batyah [Mezzo Soprano]
• Goeke, Leo [Tenor]
• Harper, Elinor [Soprano]
• Igesz, Bodo [Stage Director]
• Kalil, Margaret [Soprano]
• Killebrew, Gwendolyn [Mezzo Soprano]
• Love, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano]
• Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano]
• Ordassy, Carlotta [Soprano]
• Potter, Raeschelle [Soprano]
• Resnik, Regina [Soprano, Mezzo Soprano]
• Rysanek, Leonie [Soprano]
• Stewart, Thomas [Baritone]