ELEKTRA Borkh, Resnik (New Orleans 1966) (CD)

Inge Borkh and Regina Resnik in their renowned interpretations of Elektra and Klytämnestra in this live 1966 performance from the New Orleans Opera. Bonus: Borkh in excerpts from Verdi’s Macbeth (1967).
[1999, Stereo, 132 minutes]

Richard Strauss
ELEKTRA
Opera in One Act
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, after Sophocles

Cast:
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Klytämnestra - Regina Resnik
Chrysothemis - Audrey Schuh
Orest - Benjamin Rayson
Aegisth - Alan Crofoot

New Orleans Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Knud Anderson, conductor
(Live performance, December 1966)

Bonus:
Giuseppe Verdi
MACBETH (excerpts)

• Nel dì della vittoria... Vieni, t'affretta... Or tutti sorgete
• La luce langue
• Vegliammo invan due notti... Una macchia

Cast:
Lady Macbeth - Inge Borkh
Servant - David Morelock
Dama di Lady - Lydia Neuman
Physician - George Mayer

New Orleans Opera Orchestra
Anton Guadagno, conductor
(Live performance, November 1967)