Opera "Idomeneo, re di Creta" ("Idomeneo, King of Crete") opera in 3 acts World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - Mariinsky II (New Theatre)
Running time: 2 hours 55 minutes
The performance has 1 intermission
Schedule for "Idomeneo, re di Creta" ("Idomeneo, King of Crete") opera in 3 acts 2022
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer: Carl Maria Fon Weber Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer: Carl Maria Fon Weber
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Opera in 3 act
Performed in Italian with synchronised Russian supertitles
World premiere: 29 January 1781, Cuvillies-Theater, Munich
Premiere of this production: 13 February 2009, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia
opera in three acts The performance has one interval
Performed in Italian The performance will have
synchronised Russian supertitles
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart Libretto: Giambattista Varesco Production by Michael Sturminger
(2009)
Musical Director – Valery Gergiev Stage Director – Michael
Sturminger Set Designers – Renate Martin & Andreas Donhauser Dramatic
Consultant – Derek Weber Lighting Designer – Кurt Schony Video designer –
Fritz Fitzke Musical Assistant and Accompanist – Christian Koch Musical
Preparation – Natalia Mordashova Principal Chorus Master – Andrei
Petrenko
•World premiere: 29 January 1781, Cuvillies-Theater, Munich
•Premiere of this production: 13 February 2009, Mariinsky Theatre, St
Petersburg
Synopsis
Who is
Idomeneo and why are the gods pursuing and punishing him? This is the first
question that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart asks at the start of his opera. Without
this question, it is impossible to understand why Idomeneo, King of Crete and
one of the greatest Greek military men in the Trojan War, was prepared to
sacrifice his own son to save himself. The second question is connected to
peculiarities of the era where the action unfolds. Can Idomeneo´s story be told
with the same heat as in Mozart´s time? To what degree do the behaviour and
psychological reactions of the opera´s characters interweave with the life
experience of audiences today? As may be imagined, there are many such
overlappings. The ten-year battle for Troy was unusually bloody and cruel, it
was close to today´s "total wars" and Idomeneo was (like all other military
leaders) one of those to commit was crimes.
What happened
before
The Trojan War has ended. On his return from Troy, where he
was one of the most influential Greek generals, Idomeneo, King of Crete, is
caught in a heavy storm. In his despair he promises Neptune, the God of the Sea,
to sacrifice the life of the first human being he happens to meet if he returns
safely to his homeland.
ACT 1
In the midst of the same
storm Ilia, daughter of King Priam of Troy, is rescued by Prince Idamante, the
son of Idomeneo. She immediately falls in love, but does not dare to confess her
feelings to him. Idamante releases the Trojan prisoners. Electra, daughter of
King Agamemnon and sister of Orestes, who has fled from Argos to Crete, also
loves Idamante. She disrupts the reconciliation scene, and when Arbace, the
prince's tutor, brings the news that Idomeneo has drowned in a dreadful storm,
her feelings of revenge and jealousy burst out as she realises that her plan to
marry Idamante is bound to fail. Idamante despairingly rushes to the beach to
search for his father. Meanwhile Idomeneo's ship has been smashed to pieces,
and he himself has been driven ashore. The first person he encounters is his own
son Idamante. He curses the gods, rejects his son and forbids him ever to see
him again. Idamante is left behind in despair.
ACT 2
Arbace and Idomeneo look for a way out of the situation: Idomeneo
decides to send his son and Electra to Argos. Ilia appears before the king, who
obviously wants to marry her. Ilia leaves him no doubt that she would accept him
only as a father. After she has left, Idomeneo in a fit of fury becomes aware of
his inner storm, which is even more violent than the real storm from which he
has escaped. The only person content with the new developments is Electra.
She is allowed to depart with the prince she loves and, at the same time, can
get rid of her rival Ilia. Idamante only reluctantly obeys his father's order.
However, when he and Electra approach the ship which is to take them to Argos,
another thunderstorm arises and a terrible monster appears out of the sea.
Idomeneo has provoked Neptune. He confesses his guilt, but refuses to carry out
the sacrifice of an innocent victim. The storm continues and everybody runs
away.
ACT 3
Ilia reveals her true feelings to the sleeping
prince. When he awakes and announces his plan to commit suicide by fighting the
monster, she confesses her love to him. The love scene is unexpectedly
interrupted by Electra and Idomeneo, who demand that the departure to Argos
should finally take place. The king again refuses to reveal the reasons for
driving away his son. The emotions of all four protagonists collide in a
quartet. Idamante leaves in despair, prepared to fight the monster.
Schedule for "Idomeneo, re di Creta" ("Idomeneo, King of Crete") opera in 3 acts 2022
Anna Netrebko. Aria from the opera "Idomeneo, re di Creta" |
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