# Elektra discography

This is a list of recordings of Elektra, a one-act opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed at the Dresden State Opera on 25 January 1909.

## Recordings

| Year | Cast (Elektra, Chrysothemis, Klytemnestra, Orestes, Aegisthus) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1947 | Erna Schlüter Paul Schöffler Ljuba Welitsch Walter Widdop | Thomas Beecham Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & chorus (final scenes only, recorded on 13–15 October) | CD: Naxos Records Cat: 8.111372 |
| 1949 | Astrid Varnay Irene Jessner Elena Nicolaidi Herbert Janssen Frederick Jagel | Dimitri Mitropoulos New York Philharmonic orchestra & chorus (recorded on 25 December) | CD: Guild Immortal Cat: GHCD 2213/4 |
| 1953 | Astrid Varnay Leonie Rysanek Res Fischer Hans Hotter Helmut Melchert | Richard Kraus WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne & chorus (recorded in studio on 22–28 August) | CD: Capriccio Cat: C5008 |
| 1957 | Inge Borkh Lisa Della Casa Jean Madeira Kurt Böhme Max Lorenz | Dimitri Mitropoulos Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus | CD: Orfeo Cat: C456972I |
| 1957 | Sigrid Ekkehard Hedwig Müller-Bütow Margarete Klose Gerhard Niese Günter Treptow | Lovro von Matačić Staatskapelle Berlin & Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin (Mono, Live, October 3, 1957) | CD: Weitblick Cat: SSS0049-2 |
| 1958 | Gerda Lammers Hedwig Müller-Bütow Georgine von Milinkovic Edgar Evans Otakar Kraus | Rudolf Kempe Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus | CD: Royal Opera House Heritage Cat: ROHS 005 |
| 1960 | Inge Borkh Marianne Schech Jean Madeira Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Fritz Uhl | Karl Böhm Staatskapelle Dresden Dresden State Opera House chorus | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 445329 |
| 1964 | Astrid Varnay Hildegard Hillebrecht Martha Mödl Eberhard Wächter James King | Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus | CD: Orfeo Cat: C298922I |
| 1965 | Birgit Nilsson Leonie Rysanek Regina Resnik Eberhard Wächter Wolfgang Windgassen | Karl Böhm Vienna State Opera orchestra & chorus | CD: Orfeo Cat: C886142I |
| 1967 | Birgit Nilsson Marie Collier Regina Resnik Tom Krause Gerhard Stolze | Georg Solti Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus | CD: Decca Records Cat: 830302 |
| 1980 | Birgit Nilsson Leonie Rysanek Mignon Dunn Donald McIntyre Robert Nagy | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 4111 |
| 1981 | Leonie Rysanek Catarina Ligendza Astrid Varnay Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Hans Beirer | Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 4095 |
| 1988 | Hildegard Behrens Nadine Secunde Christa Ludwig Jorma Hynninen Ragnar Ulfung | Seiji Ozawa Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Music Festival chorus | CD: Decca Cat: 470583 |
| 1989 | Éva Marton Cheryl Studer Brigitte Fassbaender Franz Grundheber James King | Claudio Abbado Vienna State Opera orchestra & chorus | DVD: ArtHaus Musik Cat: 100048 |
| 1990 | Gwyneth Jones Anne Evans Leonie Rysanek Wolfgang Schöne Ronald Hamilton | Jeffrey Tate Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Grand Théâtre de Genève chorus (recorded on 10 March) | CD: Claves Cat: 50-2514/15 |
| 1990 | Éva Marton Cheryl Studer Marjana Lipovšek Bernd Weikl Hermann Winkler | Wolfgang Sawallisch Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 9190 |
| 1994 | Hildegard Behrens Deborah Voigt Brigitte Fassbaender Donald McIntyre James King | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus (telecast of 22 January) | DVD: The Met Opera Cat: 811357013274 |
| 1995 | Deborah Polaski Alessandra Marc Waltraud Meier Falk Struckmann Johan Botha | Daniel Barenboim Berlin State Opera orchestra & chorus | CD: Teldec Cat: 99175 |
| 1995 | Hildegard Behrens Luana DeVol Leonie Rysanek Wolfgang Schöne Daniel Galvez-Vallejo | Friedemann Layer Opéra national de Montpellier orchestra & chorus | CD: Actes Sud Cat: AT 34109 |
| 1997 | Alessandra Marc Deborah Voigt Hanna Schwarz Samuel Ramey Siegfried Jerusalem | Giuseppe Sinopoli Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 453429 |
| 2004 | Deborah Polaski Anne Schwanewilms Felicity Palmer Franz Grundheber Graham Clark | Semyon Bychkov WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne & chorus | CD: Profil Medien Cat: PH 05022 |
| 2006 | Eva Johansson Melanie Diener Marjana Lipovšek Alfred Muff Rudolf Schasching | Christoph von Dohnányi Zürich Opera House orchestra & chorus | DVD: TDK Cat: DVWW-OPELEK |
| 2010 | Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet Angela Denoke Felicity Palmer Matthias Goerne Ian Storey | Valery Gergiev London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | CD: LSO Live |
| 2010 | Iréne Theorin Eva-Maria Westbroek Waltraud Meier René Pape Robert Gambill | Daniele Gatti Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus (Stage director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff; recorded at Salzburg Festival) | Blu-ray/DVD: ArtHaus Musik |
| 2014 | Ingela Brimberg Susanna Levonen Ingrid Tobiasson Thomas Lander Magnus Kyhle | Rumon Gamba NorrlandsOperan orchestra & chorus (recorded on 19 & 21 August) | DVD: Unitel Classica Cat: 731808 |
| 2016 | Nina Stemme Adrianne Pieczonka Waltraud Meier Eric Owens Burkhard Ulrich | Esa-Pekka Salonen Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus (Production: Patrice Chéreau; recorded live on 30 April) | HD video: Met Opera on Demand |