Elektra (libretto)

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literary work opera libretto

Elektra (libretto) is an early 20th-century German-language opera text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, best known as the basis for Richard Strauss’s intense one-act opera adapting the Greek myth of Electra.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Elektra 2
Electra (Hofmannsthal) 1
Elektra (opera production) 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
opera libretto ⓘ
adaptationOf Hofmannsthal: Elektra (stage play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedComposer Richard Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Hugo von Hofmannsthal NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Electra (Sophocles) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Electra (mythology) NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralMotif vengeance for Agamemnon’s murder ⓘ
centralRelationship Elektra and Klytämnestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elektra and Orest NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
dateOfWork early 20th century ⓘ
dramaticFocus inner psychological states of characters ⓘ
dramaticForm through-composed text ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasCharacter Aegisth NERFINISHED ⓘ
overseer ⓘ
servant women ⓘ
hasMythologicalSource Greek mythology ⓘ
influenced 20th-century operatic dramaturgy ⓘ
language German ⓘ
librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryGenre opera text ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Chrysothemis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elektra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Klytämnestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orest NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeForm one-act structure ⓘ
notableFor concentration of action in a single act ⓘ
psychological intensity ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage German ⓘ
period 20th century ⓘ
setting Mycenae NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject House of Atreus NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme family conflict ⓘ
matricide ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
tone dark ⓘ
intense ⓘ
usedAsBasisFor Elektra (Richard Strauss) NERFINISHED ⓘ
workType opera text ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal → notableWork → Elektra (libretto) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elektra
Hugo von Hofmannsthal → notableWork → Elektra (libretto) ⓘ
Richard Strauss → notableWork → Elektra (libretto) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elektra
Electra (Sophocles) → sharesMythWith → Elektra (libretto) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electra (Hofmannsthal)
Patrice Chéreau → notableWork → Elektra (libretto) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elektra (opera production)