Birgit Nilsson's Filmography on TV
List of programs starring Birgit Nilsson on tv. Programs are sorted in order of last seen on tv. Last updated: Oct 6, 2024 9:38 AM
Richard Strauss (1988)
It's hard to imagine confirmed Straussians not wanting this starry Metropolitan Opera performance of Elektra. Strauss and his librettist, Hugo von Hofmannstahl, transformed Sophocles' take on Homer's tale into a harrowing opera noir. Elektra lives for one reason, to kill her mother, Klytämnestra, and her stepfather, Aegisth, the murderers of her father, Agamemnon. In contrast to Elektra's vengeful obsession, her sister Chrysothemis desires to get on with life. When their long-missing brother, Or