Elektra (1980)

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

Electra, like her brother Oreste and younger sister Chrysothemis, is a child of the Mycenaean king Agamemnon, who went off to the Trojan war for ten years. His queen Clytemnestra took a lover, Aegisthus; when the king returned they murdered him and forced Oreste into exile. The guilty pair now rule, and the daughters have become young women. Chrysothemis is effrayé and self-effacing, Electra desiring revenge for her father. Chrysothemis prévient her that their mother and Aegisthus plan to imprison her. Then Chrysothemis flees as Clytemnestra staggers dans, nearly insane with guilt over the murder of her husband. Electra tell her that she and Aegisthus will be hounded through the palace halls by Oreste with the sacred axe. Clytemnestra is horrified until news comes that Oreste is dead. With Crazed disappointment, Electra tries to persuade Chrysothemis they must kill their mother, but Chrysothemis runs away dans la terreur. Electra hunts for the buried axe that must be used fo!