[Met Performance] CID:243900



Elektra
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, January 10, 1976 Matinee Broadcast
Broadcast Matinee Broadcast





Elektra (50)
Richard Strauss | Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Elektra
Ursula Schr?der-Feinen

Chrysothemis
Roberta Knie

Klyt?mnestra
Astrid Varnay

Orest
William Dooley

Aegisth
Robert Nagy

Overseer
Carlotta Ordassy

Serving Woman
Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Serving Woman
Shirley Love

Serving Woman
Cynthia Munzer

Serving Woman
Loretta Di Franco

Serving Woman
Christine Weidinger

Confidant
Elinor Harper

Trainbearer
Maureen Smith

Young Servant
Charles Anthony

Old Servant
Edward Ghazal

Guardian
Edmond Karlsrud


Conductor
Heinrich Hollreiser





Rebroadcast on Sirius Metropolitan Opera Radio

Review 1:

Review of John Rockwell in The New York Times

It was old-fashioned star time at the Metropolitan Opera Saturday afternoon, with Ursula Schr?der-Feinen in her first assumption of Elektra with the company, Roberta Knie in her Met debut as Chrysothemis and Astrid Varnay as Klyt?mnestra.

Miss Schr?der-Feinen isn't the greatest actress in the world, and her short stature was a bit incongruous, dramatically, next to the taller Miss Knie. But she will no doubt develop her interpretation - it's conscientious and intelligent even now. And her singing was as spectacular as this listener has ever heard in the part: huge, even, pure and rich, flashing on top and astonishingly solid in the middle and lower registers. For sheer sound there can't be a dramatic soprano active today who can match her.

Miss Knie wasn't the ideally complementary Chrysothemis. The part should offer a "feminine," vocally dulcet contrast to the title role. Miss Knie sounded rather like a slightly inferior Br?nnhilde, with a strong if slightly acidic top and a weaker lower voice. At the end, the two sopranos together were thrilling, but it wasn't the ideal match. Miss Varnay's acting was as full of malevolent personality as ever and her singing was as strong and secure as necessary.



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