Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Idomeneo, King of Crete (Opera in the form of a concert)

Leopold Mozart attended the premiere of Idomeneo, which his son Wolfgang presented at the Cuvilliés theatre in Munich two days after his 25th birthday. The opera’s plot revolves around another complex father-son relationship, and is one of the last important additions to the opera seria repertoire. The young French conductor, Jérémie Rhorer, and his ensemble bring a musicologically informed theatricalism to the work, revealing the diverse influences—the French baroque, the exuberance of the dominant Italian style and Gluck’s revolutionary manifesto—which Mozart creatively assimilated into a powerfully emotive tale of tragic confrontations.
 
Opera concertante
In Italian with Greek surtitles
 

Duration 4 hours approximately (including two intermissions)

Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall

  • 04/07/2011 at 21:00
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