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Idomeneo | Stage Door Society

Idomeneo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Opera·Premiered 1781·Libretto by Giambattista Varesco·classical · seria · mythology

Ask the Muse

Synopsis

The King of Crete, returning from the Trojan War, vows to sacrifice the first person he meets to Neptune, and it is his own son.

Signature Interpreters

Performers most associated with this work.

Idamante

Joyce DiDonato
19 performances

Idomeneo

Plácido Domingo
19 performances

La Voce

Sorin Coliban
8 performances

Elettra

Krassimira Stoyanova
7 performances

Performer

Rolf Glittenberg
5 performances

Most frequently performed at

Metropolitan Opera House
7 appearances · last in 2002
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
4 appearances · last in 2027
Opéra Bastille
1 appearance · last in 2027
Metropolitan Opera
1 appearance · last in 2017

Available in Concert

This work appears as part of a multi-work programme in the following concerts.

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Musical Moment: Anna Prohaska & Caspar Frantz

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Idomeneo

Franz Schubert — Winterreise

Puccini — La Bohème

Idomeneo

Synopsis

Signature Interpreters

Idamante

Idomeneo

La Voce

Elettra

Performer

Most frequently performed at

Available in Concert

Recorded Performances

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