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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0044007340950
Format: Classical, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
Number Of Discs: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 08, 2005
Running Time: 118 minutes
Sales Rank: 21899
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Theatrical Release Date: 1981
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Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I have seen Elektra many times (15-20, mostly with Birgit Nilsson, (but also many others) and I understand that it is a difficult opera to put on stage. But you should always let the music speak (I love it!) and it is not necessary always to exaggerate the darker musical happenings within the staging. This is a film I do not want to see more than once. It is terribly ugly, dirt grey althrough - and with very much overacting. There is BEAUTY in the score, you can see nothing of it in this scenery ... Read More
Rating:  -
I first saw this film over 20 years ago on PBS (on a small TV with tinny sound) and was blown away, so you can imagine my delight when I saw it again last week on my new large screen set up with surround stereo sound. I can't stop watching!
I have other recordings of Elektra, but this one is a sentimental and artistic favorite. It's especially touching to see Karl Boehm in the documentary on disc 2, in frail health and literally near death, give it his all and squeeze the very best ... Read More
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She completly dominates this video. And her acting is never over the top considering the character or even her age where this is a new medium for opera and some of the stock opera poses look so out of place when viewed up close . I've read Varnay's biography and was surprised to learn she was an American and was a great Wagnerian soprano in the 40's and 50's singing the big roles, Isolde, Brunnehilde, etc. What an artist! And this video was recorded when she was no longer in her prime, whatever that ... Read More
Rating: -
The previous review by Loki is quite informative, almost definitive. I have nothing to add except my personal endorsement. I'm a recent convert to admiration of Richard Strauss, but now I'm feeling the convert's zeal. It took the experience of watching and hearing this and other Strauss DVDs on a large HD screen with theater quality sound to convert me; that's my only "buyer beware"... you might enjoy chamber opera or Gilbert & Sullivan on a less-than-adequate system, but you need power to appreciate power.
Rating:  -
I would probably have to give this 4.5 in reality. I think the fact is I have been watching a lot of really top quality opera on dvd of late and thus the bar has been raised. On this basis i think this production just falls short because I think that Rysanek is not really a definitive Elektra. Sure, she gives it her all and for the most part is good enough but her singing is quite off at times - I know it's Elektra not Violetta Valery but it would be preferable if she had the capacity for beautiful singing; ... Read More
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