Instrumentation
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Voices, Chorus, and Orchestra
- Cast
- Klytemnestra (Clytemnestra), widow of Agamemnon: (mezzo soprano)
Elektra (Electra), daughter of Klytemnestra: (soprano) Chrysothemis, daughter of Klytemnestra, sister of Elektra): (soprano) Aegisth (Aegisthus), Klytemnestra's paramour: (tenor) Orest (Orestes), son of Agamemnon and Klytemnestra: (baritone) Tutor to Orest: (baritone) Confidante of Klytemnestra: (soprano) Trainbearer of Klytemnestra: (soprano) A young servant: (tenor) An old servant (bass) An overseer (soprano) 1st Maid: (contralto) 2nd Maid: (soprano) 3rd Maid: (mezzo soprano) 4th Maid: (soprano) 5th Maid: (soprano)
- Chorus (SATB)
- Men and women of the household (servants)
- Orchestra
- Piccolo (doubles 4th flute), 3 flutes (3rd also 2nd piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd also english horn), heckelphone,
- Clarinet (E♭), 4 clarinets (B♭, A), 2 basset horns, bass clarinet (B♭),
3 bassoons, contrabassoon
- 8 horns (F) (horns 5-8 doubling 2 tenor Wagner tubas in B♭ and 2 bass Wagner tubas in F), 6 trumpets (B♭, F, D), bass trumpet (C), 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, contrabass trombone, bass tuba
- 6-8 timpani (2 sets/2 players), Percussion (3-4 players)
- Snare drum, bass drum (with switch), cymbals, tam-tam, triangle, whip, tambourine, castanets, glockenspiel
- celesta (ad. lib.), 2 harps, strings (violin:8,8,8/viola:6(=violinIV)6.6/cello:6.6,bass:8)
- Reduced Orchestra (optional): (for limited space and finances)
- 3 flutes (2nd and 3rd also piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd also english horn), heckelphone,
- 3 clarinets (B♭, A) (3rd also E♭), bass clarinet (B♭),
3 bassoons (3rd also contrabassoon)
- 4 horns (F), 6 trumpets (B♭, C, F, D), 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, contrabass trombone, bass tuba
- Timpani, Percussion
- Snare drum, bass drum (with cymbals), cymbals, tam-tam, triangle, whip, tambourine, castanets, glockenspiel
- celesta (ad. lib.), 2 harps, strings (violin:8,8,8/viola:6(=violinIV)6.6/cello:6.6,bass:8)
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