Elektra
Tragedy in one act
Libretto
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Premiere
25 January 1909, Dresden (Semper Opernhaus)
Cast
ELEKTRA (soprano)
KLYTEMNESTRA (mezzo-soprano)
CHRYSOTHEMIS (soprano)
AEGISTH (enor)
OREST (baritone)
TUTOR TO OREST (bass)
CONFIDANTE (soprano)
TRAINBEARER (soprano)
YOUNG SERVANT (tenor)
OLD SERVANT (bass)
OVERSEER (soprano)
FIRST MAID (contralto)
SECOND AND THIRD MAID (mezzo-soprano)
FOURTH AND FIFTH MAID (soprano)
CHORUS
servants
Place
Mycenae
Time
After the Troyan war