Have you guys been enjoying the music? Particularly the opera selections from the show? Well, ELEKTRA, the 1967 opera is playing in NY right now and we are feeling nostalgic for a time we never a part of.  Like, we had pangs of recongition when we read what literary treasure, Matthew Gallaway, recently jotted down about Elektra:

I can say is that if the performance in certain respects didn’t exactly match or exceed the furious displays of talent and vengeance represented by some of the great sopranos who in the past have owned the various roles (such as Hildegarde Behrens or Birgit Nilsson or Gwyneth Jones or Leonie Rysanek or Inge Borkh to name just a few you can visit on YouTube if you’re so inclined), it was still awesome to be immersed in such a monumental piece of music, and if it felt a little smaller than what has existed, isn’t that very much in keeping with so much the present, which like a shattered diamond appears to us in fleeting glints of broken light and inevitably pales in comparison to the mythological giants who haunt our past? The 1960s featured some of the greatest voices of the modern era; scrape beneath the surface of Mad Men and you can almost hear them singing.

The above photo is taken from the original production of Elektra which is about ladies and their exquisite vengeance (antiquity style!). Here’s a video of the 1994 production.

PS. This entire book is being scored by operas/ and do-woop. ELEKTRA! SAY IT OUTLOUD (it’s so much fun to say)!

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   Jennifer Garner was awesome in that.

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   ELEKTRA RA RA RA-MA! GA GA OH LA LA!!

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