Idomeneo

Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante (usually referred to simply as Idomeneo) is an Italian opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was written by Giambattista Varesco.

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Italian - Opera - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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It was first performed at the Residenz Theatre in Munich on January 29, 1781.

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Munich - January 29 - 1781

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Idomeneo is part of the standard operatic repertoire. There are a several recordings of it, and it is regularly performed.

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Written when he was 25, Idomeneo was Mozart's first mature opera seria, and with it he demonstrated his mastery of orchestral color, accompanied recitatives, and melodic line. In certain aspects (e.g. the choirs), however, this opera is still an experimental drama, resulting more in a sequence of sets than in a well developed plot. Mozart also had to fight with the mediocre author of the libretto, Varesco, not only about specific words, but even about single syllables.

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