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The pacing by the Vienna Staatsoper (Conducted by Claudio Abbado) was well done in one act. It was a tad fast at first. Then you get into the story, which follows the classic telling with a little more emphasis on Klytemnästra.

A basic tale based on a play by Sophocles is that the mother-queen Klytemnästra (Brigitte Fassbaender) and her mother's lover Aegisth (James King) dispatch the father-king Agamemnon. Turns out he was a favorite of Elektra (Eva Marton), who was quite fond of her father and swore revenge. Her sister tries to talk her out of it. But the eventual outcome will rely on all the siblings and Klytemnästra's bad dreams. And Elektra is too ecstatic about the outcome.

I understand a little German, so I watched this the first time through with the English Subtitles. I am not sure that it is an advantage over just gleaning the few words and knowing the story, as the subtitles were so archaic that they were almost unfathomable and distracting. At one point, Klytemnästra even says, "ye gods.

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