• Re: Strauss's Elektra

    From gggg gggg@ggggg9271@gmail.com to rec.music.opera on Sun Oct 23 10:30:53 2022
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.opera

    On Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 8:36:47 AM UTC-8, Ricardo Jimenez wrote:
    I have tried for a long time to get into this opera, without success.
    I went through the most recent bluray with Ir|-ne Theorin recently. The
    only thing a really liked was the price ($7.49 at Amazon) and you get
    an hour and forty minutes of ArtHaus previews in the bargain. Elektra remains solidly in the active repertory to my consternation, even
    though to me it is just a lot of female screeching and orchestral
    cacophony without a moment of lyrical respite. Am I alone in this impression? Anybody have a tip on how to enjoy it?
    (2022 Youtube upload):
    "FIRST recording of Richard Strauss' Elektra (1937 live; Rose Pauly, Huehn, Jagel, cond. Rodzinski)"
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