For Your Pleasure
Richard Strauss
“Allein, Weh ganz allein” from “Elektra”
Astrid Varnay
The orchestra sounds like a thunderstorm.
Even if you don’t care for opera, stick it out until 1:05 and the “Agamemnon, Agamemnon”. Those two words are where the divas show their stuff. Grief, rage, longing, fear - the two “Agamemnons” can convey anything and preferably everything.
