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Bieito’s Idomeneo runs out of time in Prague

Evan LeRoy Johnson (Idomeneo) and the State Opera Chorus
© Serghei Gherciu
Evan LeRoy Johnson (Idomeneo) and Rebecka Wallroth (Idamante)
© Serghei Gherciu
Rebecka Wallroth (Idamante) and Ekaterina Krovateva (Ilia)
© Serghei Gherciu
Petra Alvarez Šimková (Elettra) and the State Opera Chorus
© Serghei Gherciu
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“a director throwing every random thing he can think of into a muddled stew”
Reviewed at State Opera (Státní opera), Prague on 28 September 2025
Mozart, Idomeneo, re di Creta
Konrad Junghänel, Conductor
Calixto Bieito, Director
Anna-Sofia Kirsch, Set Designer
Paula Keiller, Costume Designer
Reinhard Traub, Lighting Designer
Prague State Opera Orchestra
Prague State Opera Chorus
Jitka Slavíková, Dramaturgy
Evan LeRoy Johnson, Idomeneo
Rebecka Wallroth, Idamante
Petra Šimková-Alvarez, Elettra
Ekaterina Krovateva, Ilia
Eduard Kácal, High Priest
Josef Moravec, High Priest
Zdeněk Plech, The Oracle of Neptune
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