Tonight: Elektra at the NY Phil

Tonight: It's Strauss' Elektra in concert at the New York Phil. Sally says, "It's the greatest opera ever written." Well, I'm not so sure about that, but it's definitely fierce.

Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Deborah Polaski, Soprano (Elektra) - Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano (Chrysothemis) - Jane Henschel, Soprano (Clytemnestra) - Julian Tovey, Baritone (Orestes) - Richard Margison, Tenor (Aegisthus) - Jessica Klein, Soprano (Clytemnestra Confidante) - Renee Tatum, Soprano (Clytemnestra Trainbearer) - Ryan MacPherson, Tenor (Young Servant) - Frank Barr, Bass (Old Servant) - Matt Boehler, Bass (Orestes's Tutor) - Helen Huse Ralston, Soprano (Overseer) - Janice Meyerson, Mezzo-soprano (Maid 1) - Stephanie Chigas, Mezzo-soprano (Maid 2) - Linda Pavelka, Mezzo-soprano (Maid 3) - Priti Gandhi, Soprano (Maid 4) - Julianne Borg, Soprano (Maid 5) - New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director