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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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LondonThe Mozartists / Ian Page / Marianne Crebassa
Haydn, Mozart
Ian Page; The Mozartists; Marianne Crebassa
BrusselsIdomeneo, re di Creta
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Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
Enrico Onofri; Calixto Bieito; La Monnaie | De Munt; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Paula Klein; Reinhard Traub; La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
ViennaIdomeneo
Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
Bertrand de Billy; Kasper Holten; Vienna State Opera; Mia Stensgaard; Anja Vang Kragh; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
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Calixto Bieito’s Idomeneo runs out of time in Prague
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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
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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.
Hungarian State Opera goes full The Last of Us with new Idomeneo
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Hungarian State Opera presents Idomeneo for the first time in almost 50 years in a musically superb, but controversial pandemic-informed dystopian setting.
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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?