Elektra [DVD] [1989] | ![Elektra [DVD] [1989]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41d3ozvvaVL._SL160_.jpg)
| Actors: Eva Marton, Brigitte Fassbaender, Cheryl Studer, Franz Grundheber, James King
Studio: ARTHAUS
Category: DVD
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 96149
Format: Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, Full Screen, PAL, Subtitled
Languages: German (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Unknown), German (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: Exempt
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 807280004991
EAN: 0807280004991
ASIN: B000FII194
Theatrical Release Date: 1989
Release Date: April 5, 2000
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Worth seeing for Eva Marton's compelling performance February 8, 2007
221b (Kent, UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was lucky enough to see Eva Marton's portrayal of Elektra at Covent Garden (in a far superior production than this one) and this recording is worth seeing just to see how committed an artist she truly is. The fine nuances of her performance are wonderfully absorbing, yet she has the momentous power needed for the voice in this terrifying role - you can see her exhaustion at the final curtain calls, and feel like you've lived through the performance with her! Brigitte Fassbaender gives another strong performance, showing the genuinely vulnerable side of Klytemnestra that is often overshadowed, but towards the end of the long duet with Elektra she steps over that fine line into caricature. Cheryl Studer's Chrysothemis is good, but not great, far too grandly operatic and at odds with the very real style of Marton's portrayal. The rest of the cast is generally strong and perform well, but the big minus for this recording is the awful conducting from Abbado in the pit. He has little sense for the Strauss idiom, the orchestral balance lurches unevenly (although how much of this is due to the sound recording is difficult to tell) and turns the score into a real bombastic mess. Kupfer's staging is rather dull and unimaginative and his direction does little to help the singers, but the disc is worth viewing for Marton's supreme Elektra, probably the finest exponent of the role in recent years.
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