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Fear of death - a bad advisor since time immemorial: King Idomeneo, whose fleet sinks into the waters of Crete shortly before returning home from the Trojan War, swears to the sea god Poseidon that if he survives, he will sacrifice the first human being he meets on the shore. But as fate – or rather the theater – would have it, this is of course his own son Idamante. To make matters worse, he has fallen in love with a Trojan prisoner, Ilia, which infuriates the Greek princess Elettra. Idomeneo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s perfect "drama for music", is one of a series of Greek war dramas retold according to the taste of the 18th century.

Jeremy Ovenden

Tenor

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Nov 24 - Dec 27, 2024

Idomeneo · Staatsoper Stuttgart

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Nov 24 - Dec 27, 2024

Idomeneo · Staatsoper Stuttgart

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Idomeneo in Idomeneus by Mozart

Staatsoper Stuttgart

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