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"Mozart’s third venture into the “opera seria” genre, demolished its traditional boundaries to open the way to lyric drama. Blending youthful earnestness with mature mastery, Mozart uses - while profoundly changing - the elements of a genre based on arias that come one after another with no real concern for dramatic progression. The importance and expressive power of the choruses, influenced by the operatic reforms of Gluck, foreshadows The Magic Flute. Idomeneo is often regarded as Mozart’s first masterpiece for the opera house.
After the fall of Troy, King Idomeneo can finally dream of returning to his homeland after a long absence, during which his son Idamante ensured the continuity of his reign and guarded Trojan prisoners, including Ilia, King Priam’s daughter. To escape from a terrible storm that is keeping him from reaching Crete, Idomeneo promises Neptune to sacrifice the first living being he encounters upon landing. Unfortunately, it is his own son who greets him in his native land.By offering her own life in exchange for that of Idamante, whom she loves and who loves her, Illia manages to get Neptune to yield and to deliver Idomeneo from his fateful vow.
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Idomeneo: Eric Cutler
Idamante: David Portillo
IIia: Anett Fritsch
Elettra: Eleonora Buratto
Arbace: Benjamin Hulett
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Director:Robert Carsen
Designer:Robert Carsen / Luis F. Cavalho
Costumes: Luis F. Cavalho
Extras:; Cast Gallery
Picture: 16:9
Sound: DDS / 5.1 DTS
Format: NTSC
Region code: All regions
Running time: 150 mins
Subtitles: EN/DE/FR/JP/KO
'[Ivor Bolton's] Idomeneo is intense and superbly anchored at every moment, the orchestra reacted perfectly to the stage, whether to soloists or choir, and the result was more than worthy, overwhelming...each of the choral sections, above all the sublime choir in the third act, was a genuine delight...' Opera News
