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2014 Strauss 150th birthday anniversary year Deutsche Grammophon key audio release: A truly electrifying once in a lifetime performance of Strauss' Elektra in the Berlin Philharmonie from January 2014. This recording features a dream cast for Elektra: Evelyn Herlitzius, Anne Schwanewilms, Waltraud Meier and René Pape, all under the expert baton of Strauss master Christian Thielemann. "With this production the soprano Evelyn Herlitzius confirms her status as perhaps the finest Elektra of her generation. " New York Times. This is a historic release since the opera was premiered in Dresden in 1909, with the Staatskapelle - and the orchestra recorded it only once before (in 1960: also for DG with Karl Böhm).