Mikis Theodorakis teaching the main aria of Electra to the soprano Galina Dolbonos during recording rehearsals at the State Capella Orchestra Hall on April 18th, 1998.
Filmed & produced by Asteris Kutulas
An ELECTRA 21 production
© Asti Music (info@asti-music.de)
Lyrics
I must bow my head and look
at the enemies - the murderers of my father.
No one to protect me.
I will decay, day by day, and become a burden to those in the palace.
so annoying that they will finally
get rid of me, kill me.
Death would be a relief from endless torment.
I don't long for such a life.
Mein Haupt muss ich senken, den Blick niederschlagen
unter den Augen meiner Feinde - Mörder meines Vaters.
Niemand, der mich schützt.
Vergehen werd ich, Tag um Tag, und denen im Palast
bin ich eine Last, so lästig, dass sie mich schließlich
aus dem Weg räumen werden, mich töten.
Der Tod wäre Erlösung von einer endlosen Qual.
Nach so einem Leben sehne ich mich nicht.
ELECTRA (opera)
Music by Mikis Theodorakis
Lyrics by Sophocles
Libretto by Spyros Evangelatos
Translated by C.H.Myris
Electra CD & digital available on Intuition
St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Orchestra & Choir
Galina Dolbonos - Electra, Wladimir Feljaer - Orestes, Emilia Titarenko - Chrysothemis, Daria Rybakova - Clytemnestra, Peter Migounov - Pedagogue a.o.
Conducted by Mikis Theodorakis
Recorded digitally in April 1998 at the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella by Gerhard Tsess
Edited by Mikis Theodorakis & Alexandros Karozas
Mastered by Alexandros Karozas
Produced by Alexandros Karozas & Asteris Kutulas
Published by Schott Musik International, Mainz, Germany
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