MUSIC: Jean Madeira's Final Opera Appearance (As Klytemnestra, Metropolitan Opera 1971)

Jean Madeira's Final Opera Performance
Jean Madeira's Final Opera Performance




Richard Strauss
ELEKTRA

Matinee Broadcast
27 February 1971

Elektra.................Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis............Leonie Rysanek
Klytämnestra............Jean Madeira [Last performance]
Orest...................Thomas Stewart
Aegisth.................Robert Nagy
Overseer................Carlotta Ordassy
Serving Woman...........Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Serving Woman...........Shirley Love
Serving Woman...........Gwendolyn Killebrew
Serving Woman...........Judith De Paul
Serving Woman...........Margaret Kalil
Confidant...............Patricia Clarke
Trainbearer.............Mary Fercana
Young Servant...........Leo Goeke
Old Servant.............Harry Shean
Guardian................Richard Best

Conductor...............Karl Böhm

"One of the great broadcasts in Met history, this performance of Strauss’s stunning one-act drama truly deserves the adjective “legendary.” The incomparable Birgit Nilsson delivers a searing portrayal of the title heroine, the Greek princess obsessed with avenging the murder of her father, Agamemnon. A passionate Leonie Rysanek is her sister, Chrysothemis, who longs for a normal life and begs Elektra to give up her fixation. Thomas Stewart sings Orest, their brother, and Jean Madeira, in her final Met appearance, gives a chilling performance as Klytämnestra, Elektra’s mother. Strauss friend and protégé Karl Böhm conducts with unmatched authority and passion."

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