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Elektra (Season 37, Episode 10)
TV Episode | 110 min | Music, Musical

Electra, like her brother Orestes and younger sister Chrysothemis, is a child of the Mycenaean king Agamemnon, who went off to the Trojan war for ten years. His queen Clytemnestra took a lover, Aegisthus; when the king returned they ...See moreElectra, like her brother Orestes and younger sister Chrysothemis, is a child of the Mycenaean king Agamemnon, who went off to the Trojan war for ten years. His queen Clytemnestra took a lover, Aegisthus; when the king returned they murdered him and forced Orestes into exile. The guilty pair now rule, and the daughters have become young women. Chrysothemis is frightened and self-effacing, Electra desiring revenge for her father. Chrysothemis warns her that their mother and Aegisthus plan to imprison her. Then Chrysothemis flees as Clytemnestra staggers in, nearly insane with guilt over the murder of her husband. Electra tells her that she and Aegisthus will be hounded through the palace halls by Orestes with the sacred axe. Clytemnestra is horrified until news comes that Orestes is dead. Crazed with disappointment, Electra tries to persuade Chrysothemis they must kill their mother, but Chrysothemis runs away in terror. Electra hunts for the buried axe that must be used fo! Written by Fiona Kelleghan See less
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Director
Writers
Sophocles (after) (uncredited) | Hugo von Hofmannsthal (libretto) (uncredited)
Production Designer
Status
Edit Released
Updated Feb 16, 1980

Release date
Feb 16, 1980 (United States)

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19 cast members
Name Known for
Birgit Nilsson
Elektra Elektra   See fewer
Leonie Rysanek
Chrysothemis Chrysothemis   See fewer
Mignon Dunn
Klytemnästra Klytemnästra   See fewer
Robert Nagy
Aegisth Aegisth   See fewer
Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Serving Woman Serving Woman   See fewer
Shirley Love
Serving Woman Serving Woman   See fewer
Ariel Bybee
Serving Woman Serving Woman   See fewer
Loretta Di Franco
Serving Woman (as Loretta di Franco) Serving Woman (as Loretta di Franco)   See fewer
Charles Anthony
Young Servant Young Servant   See fewer
John Cheek
Guardian Guardian   See fewer
Elizabeth Anguish
Trainbearer Trainbearer   See fewer
Elizabeth Coss
Overseer Overseer   See fewer
Talmage Harper
Old Servant Old Servant   See fewer
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Themselves - Orchestra Themselves - Orchestra   See fewer
Alma Jane Smith
Serving Woman Serving Woman   See fewer
Constance Webber
Confidant Confidant   See fewer
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