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Mozart - Idomeneo, re di Creta

A complete performance of Mozart's opera Idomeneo, re di Creta, K366. With tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson, mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter and soprano Sylvia McNair.

Idomeneo, K366

Idomeneo, at risk of drowning at sea, makes a vow to Neptune: to sacrifice, if he arrives safely on land, the first living creature he should meet. Unfortunately, when he is washed up on a Cretan beach, the first person he sees is his own son.

Idomeneo ..... Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Idamante ..... Anne Sofie von Otter
Ilia ..... Sylvia McNair
Elettra ..... Hillevi Martinpelto,
Arbace ..... Nigel Robson

Monteverdi Choir,
English Baroque Soloists,
John Eliot Gardiner.

3 hours, 50 minutes

Last on

Sun 9 Jan 2011 19:10

Broadcast

  • Sun 9 Jan 2011 19:10