Work: Idomeneo, re di Creta

A committed cast struggles to lend a spark of life to Kasper Holten's static staging of Mozart's first mature opera.

At the Prague State Opera, Calixto Brieito relocates Mozart's opera seria to modern times, with disastrous results. 

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.