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Idomeneo
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Returning home from the Trojan Wars during a storm, Idomeneo, the king of Crete, vows to sacrifice to Neptune in return for his own safety the first living creature he meets ashore. This turns out ...
Returning home from the Trojan Wars during a storm, Idomeneo, the king of Crete, vows to sacrifice to Neptune in return for his own safety the first living creature he meets ashore. This turns out to be his own son Idamante and Idomeneo attempts to escape from fulfilling his vow.
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- Creator
- The Metropolitan Opera ; [music] by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Giambattista Varesco ; produced by Michael Bronson and Clemente D'Alessio ; director, Brian Large
- Included Title
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- Live from the Met
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- Italian
- Contributors
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- Varesco, Giambattista
- Pavarotti, Luciano
- Cotrubas, Ileana
- Behrens, Hildegard
- Von Stade, Frederica
- Alexander, John, 1923-1990
- Levine, James, 1943-2021
- Bronson, Michael
- D'Alessio, Clemente
- Large, Brian, director
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Idomeneo
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Pioneer Classics (Firm)
- Publication
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- Long Beach, Calif. : Pioneer Classics, 2000
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocm46326423
- Credits
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- Luciano Pavarotti (Idomeneo) ; Ileana Cotrubus (Ilia) ; Hildegard Behrens (Elettra) ; Frederica von Stade (Idamante) ; John Alexander (Arbace) ; other soloists ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor
- Originally broadcast as part of Live from the Met on PBS.
- Recorded Nov. 6, 1982 at the Metropolitan Opera.
- DVD.
- Sung in Italian with optional English subtitles.