Hildegard Behrens as Elektra at the Trier Antikenfestspiele: a video clip

BEHRENS BECOMES ELEKTRA - a video clip

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- from Elektra's Monologue

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FanFaire is pleased to present a video clip from ELEKTRA'S MONOLOGUE, excerpted from Hildegard Behrens' performance of ELEKTRA set in the Roman amphitheatre of the TRIER ANTIKENFESTSPIELE.*
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*with special thanks to Herr Heinz-Lukas Kindermann, Intendant - Trier Antikenfestspiele
The video clip is an excerpt from Elektra's Monologue, her first "aria", which occurs in the first 15 minutes of the opera. The Greek princess of myth summons the spirit of her murdered father whom she so loved, recites the gruesome details of his slaughter and, revealing her plans for revenge, vows to dance in triumph when the deed is done. The monologue is the opera in embryo, so to speak, containing the gist of both the story and Strauss' musical ideas while propelling the drama onward. And, especially with a superb artist such as Ms. Behrens in the role, it never fails to prime the audience for a most unique and powerful musical experience.
Click HERE for excerpted text (in German and English). Conversations with Hildegard Behrens Roadmap to ELEKTRA

PROFILE     PORTRAITS     PERFORMANCES     DISCOGRAPHY     AWARDS     QUOTES
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