Idomeneo, re di Creta

Opera seria in three acts, KV 366

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Libretto by Giovanni Battista Varesco, based upon the play Idoménée (1712) by Antoine Danchet, after the play of the same name (1705) by Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

Premiered at the Residenztheater of Munich, on 29 January 1781
Premiered at the Teatro Real on 17 July 2008

Version revised by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, premiered at the Palais Auersperg of Vienna on 10 March 1786

New production by the Teatro Real, in co-production with the Canadian Opera Company of Toronto and the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Principal Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

• Musical director:Ivor Bolton
• Stage director:Robert Carsen
• Set designer:Robert Carsen
• Luis F. Carvalho
• Lighting designer:Robert Carsen
• Peter van Praet
• Costume designer:Luis F. Carvalho
• Choreographer:Marco Berriel
• Video Director:Will Duke
• Chorus Master:Andrés Máspero

• Idomeneo:Eric Cutler (Feb. 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 · Mar. 1) / Jeremy Ovenden (Feb. 20, 26, 28)
   
• Idamante:David Portillo (Feb. 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 · Mar. 1) / Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (Feb. 20, 26, 28)
   
• Ilia:Anett Fritsch (Feb. 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 · Mar. 1) / Sabina Puértolas (Feb. 20, 26, 28)
   
• Elettra:Eleonora Buratto (Feb. 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 · Mar. 1) / Hulkar Sabirova (Feb. 20, 26, 28)
   
• Arbace:Benjamin Hulett (Feb. 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 · Mar. 1) / Krystian Adam (Feb. 20, 26, 28)
   
• High Priest of Neptune:Oliver Johnston
   
• The voice of Neptune:Alexander Tsymbalyuk
   

Performance Dates

• 19 FEB (T) 19:00h
  Turn Première
 
• 20 FEB (W) 19:00h
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• 21 FEB (T) 19:00h
  Turn B
• 23 FEB (S) 19:00h
  Turn G
 
• 25 FEB (M) 19:00h
  Turn A
 
• 26 FEB (T) 19:00h
  Turn D
• 27 FEB (W) 19:00h
  Turn C
 
• 28 FEB (T) 19:00h
  Turn H
 
• 1 MAR (F) 19:00h
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