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- ↑ Recordings of Elektra on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ↑ Elektra (1981) at IMDb
- ↑ Elektra (1981) at IMDb
- ↑ "Elektra – Richard Strauss". Germany: ArtHaus Musik. 2006. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ↑ Telecast of 22 January 1994 at the MetOpera Database
- ↑ Recording details are from the 2010 Met DVD of the 22 January 1994 telecast, from the DVD collection "James Levine Celebrating 40 Years at the Met"
- ↑ Elektra, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, recorded live in February 1995, OCLC 35682115.
- ↑ Elektra, Festival de Radio France et Montpellier, recorded live 3 August 1995, OCLC 49863795.
- ↑ London Symphony, 2010, OCLC 798251405.
- ↑ Salzburg, 2010: Blu-ray OCLC 900083419; DVD OCLC 721878782.
- ↑ Levine, Robert. "Review - Richard Strauss Elektra DVD". www.classicstoday.com. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ↑ Hall, George. Review of Elektra, Strauss. Opera , Vol 67 No 4, April 2016, p514-5.
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