The Metropolitan Opera Presents (TV Series)
Elektra (1980)
Full Cast & Crew
Directed by
| Brian Large | ||
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
| Sophocles | ... | (after) (uncredited) |
| Hugo von Hofmannsthal | ... | (libretto) (uncredited) |
Cast (in credits order)
| Birgit Nilsson | ... | Elektra | |
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Leonie Rysanek | ... | Chrysothemis |
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Mignon Dunn | ... | Klytemnästra |
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Donald McIntyre | ... | Orest |
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Robert Nagy | ... | Aegisth |
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Batyah Godfrey Ben-David | ... | Serving Woman |
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Shirley Love | ... | Serving Woman |
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Ariel Bybee | ... | Serving Woman |
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Loretta Di Franco | ... | Serving Woman (as Loretta di Franco) |
| Charles Anthony | ... | Young Servant | |
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John Cheek | ... | Guardian |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Elizabeth Anguish | ... | Trainbearer |
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Elizabeth Coss | ... | Overseer |
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Talmage Harper | ... | Old Servant |
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Metropolitan Opera Chorus | ... | Chorus |
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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | ... | Themselves - Orchestra |
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Alma Jane Smith | ... | Serving Woman |
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Constance Webber | ... | Confidant |
Produced by
| Michael Bronson | ... | executive producer |
Production Design by
| Rudolf Heinrich | ||
Costume Design by
| Rudolf Heinrich | ||
Music Department
| James Levine | ... | conductor |
| Metropolitan Opera Chorus | ... | chorus |
| Richard Strauss | ... | music by |
Additional Crew
| Herbert Graf | ... | staged by: 1952's original production |
| Paul Mills | ... | stage director: Rivival |
