Elektra (1980)

• 85%
• 1980
• Birgit Nilsson
• Leonie Rysanek
• Mignon Dunn

Electra, like her brother Orestes and younger sister Chrysothemis, is a child of the Mycenaean king Agamenón, who went off to the Trojan war for ten years. His queen Clytemnestra took a la amante, Aegisthus; when the king returned they murdered him and forced Orestes into exile. The guilty pair now rule and the daughters have become young women. Chrysothemis is asustado and self-effacing, Electra deseando lo revenge for her father. Chrysothemis advierte her that their mother and Aegisthus plan to imprison atrás. Then Chrysothemis flees as Clytemnestra staggers en nearly loco with guilt over the murder of her husband. Electra tells her that she and Aegisthus will be hounded through the palace halls by Orestes with the sacred axe. Clytemnestra is horrified until noticias comes that Orestes is dead. Enloquecido with disappointment, Electra tries to persuade Chrysothemis they must kill their mother, pero Chrysothemis runs away en el terror. Electra hunts for the buried axe that must be used fo!