Elektra

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Event Elektra
Venue Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA
First Date 10 August 1991
Opening Date 10 August 1991
Last Date 20 August 1991
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description "Beresford's Elektra has great integrity to the text, period, passion and music. It is a dynamic, sweeping, bloodthirsty songfest."
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Garth Scott-Annetts Assistant Director
Richard Strauss Composer
Ladislav Jasek Concert Master
Richard Armstrong Conductor
John Stoddart Designer
Bruce Beresford Director
Nick Schlieper Lighting Designer
Florian Cerny Singer Orest
Wendy Dixon Singer Fourth Maid Servant
Robert Gard Singer Aegisth
Brian Gilbertson Singer Young Servant
Daphne Harris Singer Confidante
Judith Henley Singer Fifth Maid Servant
Belinda Matonti Singer Overseer
Yvonne Minton Singer Klytemenestra
James Orange Singer Guardian of Arest
Claire Primrose Singer Chrysothemus
Virginia Rawlinson Singer Second Maid Servant
Lynne Smythe Singer Trainbearer
Gulla Tiver Singer Third Maid Servant
Ian Vayne Singer Old Servant
Isabel Veale Singer First Maid Servant
Marilyn Zschau Singer Elektra
Resources
Works
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Newspaper cuttings inside the BSL Programme. Australian premiere of Richard Strauss' opera, which was composed in 1909. None of the off-stage chorus are entered - othewise cast is complete. There are three newspaper cuttings contained in the BSL programme. Orchestral players names are listed in the BSL programme.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme University of Adelaide BSL Special Collections, Theatre Collections
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record August, 1991
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 14874