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Production

Mourning Becomes Electra (1967)

APGRD id
5336
Start date
17th March 1967
Production Media
Opera, Musical, and related genres
Languages
English
Associated ancient works
Scripts:
Mourning Becomes Electra (opera) (Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (1888-1953), Henry W. Butler (1919-1998) AKA Bill Butler)
Companies
The Metropolitan Opera
APGRD Notes
Premiere production. Opera includes chorus of Soldiers, Servants, Townspeople, Sailors, Dockworkers, and Fieldworkers. Said to have been successful and revived for second season at the Metropolitan Opera, followed by performances in Germany.
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/5336
Related Content
Person Credit Notes
Marvin David Levy (1932-2015) Composer
Michael Cacoyannis (1922-2011) AKA Michalis Kakogiannis; sometimes credited as Michael Yannis Director
Henry W. Butler (1919-1998) AKA Bill Butler Librettist
Evelyn Lear Singer Lavinia Mannon (soprano)
Zubin Mehta Conductor
Boris Aronson Set Designer
Boris Aronson Costume Designer
Boris Aronson Lighting Designer
Marie Collier Singer Christine Mannon
John Reardon Singer Orin Mannon
Sherrill Milnes Singer Adam Brant
John Macurdy Singer Ezra Mannon
Ron Bottcher Singer Peter Niles
Lilian Sukis Singer Helen Niles
Raymond Michalski Singer Jed
Lorenzo Alvary Singer Jed
Loretta Di Franco Singer Helen Niles
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
Metropolitan Opera (1883-1966), Old MET (New York City, New York, United States) United States Premiere performance
Title Year Format Content
The Use of Greek Tragedy in the History of Opera Print-out journal article
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Agamemnon in Performance: 458 BC to AD 2004 Inga-Stina Ewbank, Susanna Phillippo, Dmitry Trubotshkin, Margaret Reynolds, Yopie Prins, Amanda Wrigley, Lorna Hardwick, Michael Ewans, Massimo Fusillo, Pantelis Michelakis, Helene Foley, Pat E. Easterling AKA Patricia, Rush Rehm, Fiona Macintosh, Anton Bierl, Pierre Judet de la Combe, Edith Hall, Oliver Taplin, J. Michael Walton Book
Dionysus Since 69: Greek Tragedy at the Dawn of the Third Millennium Katharine Worth, Amanda Wrigley, Lorna Hardwick, Kathleen Riley, Pantelis Michelakis, Erika Fischer-Lichte, Helene Foley, Froma I. Zeitlin, Peter G. McC. Brown, David Wiles, Fiona Macintosh, Edith Hall, Oliver Taplin, Timberlake Wertenbaker (1951-) Book
Title Year Format Content
Grove Music Online 2005 Website encyclopedia
Met Opera Database Archival collection
The Saturday Review: O'Neill's Mannons Musicalized 1967 Newspaper review