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| Composer | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) |
| Period | Classical |
| Librettist | Giambattista Varesco |
| Year | 1781 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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PragueIdomeneo, re di Creta
Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
Konrad Junghänel; Calixto Bieito; Prague National Theatre Opera; Richard Hein; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Paula Klein; Reinhard Traub
StuttgartIdomeneo, re di Creta
Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
Nicholas Carter; Bastian Kraft; Staatsoper Stuttgart; Omer Ein Zvi; Peter Baur; Jelena Miletić; Gerrit Jurda
ParisIdomeneoNew production
Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
Antonello Manacorda; Wajdi Mouawad; Opéra national de Paris; Emmanuel Clolus; Emmanuelle Thomas; Eric Champoux; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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An Idomeneo shattered to pieces at the Wiener Staatsoper
A committed cast struggles to lend a spark of life to Kasper Holten's static staging of Mozart's first mature opera.
Calixto Bieito’s Idomeneo runs out of time in Prague
At the Prague State Opera, Calixto Brieito relocates Mozart's opera seria to modern times, with disastrous results.
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui presents Idomeneo as a confused ballet in Geneva
The Grand Théâtre de Genève presents a new production of Mozart’s opera seria where the focus is all on dancing and rope twirling. Nevertheless, a good cast, led by Federica Lombardi as Elettra, manages to shine through.
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Mozart's Idomeneo: a step of evolution in Göteborg
Idomeneo is still something of a 'Cinderella' among Mozart's operas, yet Graham Vick is about to direct it for the third time. What draws him back to it?