Staatsoper StuttgartUpper Schlossgarten 6, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, 70173, Germany
Dates/times in Berlin time zone
| Sunday 07 February 2027 | 19:00 |
| Saturday 13 February 2027 | 19:00 |
| Sunday 21 February 2027 | 19:00 |
| Tuesday 23 February 2027 | 19:00 |
| Saturday 13 March 2027 | 19:00 |
Programme
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) | Idomeneo, re di Creta | Libretto by Giambattista Varesco |
Performers
| Staatsoper Stuttgart | |||
| Nicholas Carter | Conductor | 2027 Feb 07, 13, 23, Mar 13 | |
| Omer Ein Zvi | Conductor | 2027 Feb 21 | |
| Bastian Kraft | Director | ||
| Peter Baur | Set Designer | ||
| Jelena Miletić | Costume Designer | ||
| Gerrit Jurda | Lighting Designer | ||
| Staatsorchester Stuttgart | |||
| Sophie Lux | Video | ||
| Franz-Erdmann Meyer-Herder | Dramaturgy | ||
| Staatsopernchor Stuttgart | |||
| Jeremy Bines | Choirmaster / chorus director | ||
| Atalla Ayan | Tenor | Idomeneo | |
| Ida Ränzlöv | Mezzo-soprano | Idamante | |
| Claudia Muschio | Mezzo-soprano | Ilia | |
| Diana Haller | Mezzo-soprano | Elettra | |
| Charles Sy | Tenor | Arbace | 2027 Feb 07, 13 |
| Liam Forrest | Tenor | Arbace | 2027 Feb 21 |
| Alberto Robert | Tenor | Arbace | 2027 Feb 23, Mar 13 |
| Ilia Skvirskii | Tenor | High Priest | |
| Jaewoung Lee | Bass | The Oracle of Neptune |
Fear of death is a poor guide: On his return from Troy, Idomeneo swears to the god Poseidon that he will sacrifice the first person he encounters – it is his son Idamante. Idamante is in love with the Trojan captive Ilia, which sets a fateful chain of events in motion. Mozart’s “dramma per musica“, premiered in 1781, depicts a world caught between a cruel, archaic logic of sacrifice and a political new beginning. In the end, Idomeneo abdicates, and the next generation takes over. But how sustainable is this new beginning really?
In Italian with German and English surtitles
There will be a german introduction 45 minutes before the performance at Foyer I. floor.
Reviews of Idomeneo, re di Creta, K366 directed by Bastian Kraft
© Matthias Baus