Mourning Becomes Electra


In English with English Captions

Articles & Interviews

  • Director Interview

    Bartlett Sher has been INTIMAN Theatre's artistic director since March 2000. He most recently directed INTIMAN Theatre's world-premiere production of Nickel and Dimed, which also opened the...

  • Speight's Opera Notes

    The night of the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Marvin David Levy’s Mourning Becomes Electra, March 17, 1967, burns in my memory. I had not attended the opening night of the first world premiere that season...

  • About the Composer

    Marvin David Levy (pronounced “LEAVE-ee”) was born in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1932. His musical training took place in New York City: he studied piano as a high schooler at the Juilliard Preparatory...

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