Have a listen to this - Elektra at the ROH, not from 2024 but 1977.
A pair of decent sounding in-house recordings have finally emerged - after nearly half a century! - from the run Carlos Kleiber conducted in May of that year.
Birgit Nilsson as Elektra, Gwyneth Jones as Chrysothemis.
The opening night here
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B-293tBUBog/maxresdefault.jpg)
Re-pitched ELEKTRA Nilsson, Jones, Szirmay, McIntyre, Craig - Kleiber - London 6V77
Thanks to fellow collector I got this now in much better quality than previously available. Pitch was in a=452 Hz, so I brought it down to a=440Hz which as ...
And a performance from a week or so later here
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hFf83Gcz3Yw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKAgwIABABGHIgSig_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLA4k-nt23g_p52VZOk9jWxPC2tYqw)
R. Strauss - Elektra - Nilsson, Jones, Szirmay, Craig, McIntyre / C. Kleiber - London - 14 May 1977
This audio recording needs little introduction ! This opera was a big hit in Covent Garden with this cast. The recording is much sought after. There are some...
See what you think! Would love to hear views...
A pair of decent sounding in-house recordings have finally emerged - after nearly half a century! - from the run Carlos Kleiber conducted in May of that year.
Birgit Nilsson as Elektra, Gwyneth Jones as Chrysothemis.
The opening night here
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B-293tBUBog/maxresdefault.jpg)
Re-pitched ELEKTRA Nilsson, Jones, Szirmay, McIntyre, Craig - Kleiber - London 6V77
Thanks to fellow collector I got this now in much better quality than previously available. Pitch was in a=452 Hz, so I brought it down to a=440Hz which as ...
And a performance from a week or so later here
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hFf83Gcz3Yw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKAgwIABABGHIgSig_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLA4k-nt23g_p52VZOk9jWxPC2tYqw)
R. Strauss - Elektra - Nilsson, Jones, Szirmay, Craig, McIntyre / C. Kleiber - London - 14 May 1977
This audio recording needs little introduction ! This opera was a big hit in Covent Garden with this cast. The recording is much sought after. There are some...
See what you think! Would love to hear views...
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