Mozart: Idomeneo / TEATRO REAL CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA /  CINEMA MUSICA PRODUCTIONS DISTRIBUTION / OPUS ARTE

UPC: 809478013174

Playtime is 170 Minutes 

• Product Dimensions: ‎ 7.52 x 5.31 x 0.59 inches; 2.82 Ounces
• Director: ‎ Robert Carsen
• Media Format: ‎ NTSC
• Run time: ‎ 2 hours and 50 minutes
• Release date: ‎ April 24, 2020
• Actors: ‎ Eric Cutler, David Portillo, Anett Fritsch, Eleonora Buratto, Madrid Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Real
• Dubbed: ‎ None
• Subtitles: ‎ English
• Studio: ‎ BBC / Opus Arte
• Country of Origin: ‎ USA
• Number of discs: ‎ 1

Summary

Mozart's third venture into the "opera seria" genre, demolished it's traditional boundaries to open the way to lyric drama. Blending youthful earnestness with mature mastery, Mozart uses - while profoundly changing - the elements of a genre based on arias that come one after another with no real concern for dramatic progression. The importance and expressive power of the choruses, influenced by the operatic reforms of Gluck, foreshadows The Magic Flute. Idomeneo is often regarded as Mozart's first masterpiece for the opera house. After the fall of Troy, King Idomeneo can finally dream of returning to his homeland after a long absence, during which his son Idamante ensured the continuity of his reign and guarded Trojan prisoners, including Ilia, King Priam's daughter. To escape from a terrible storm that is keeping him from reaching Crete, Idomeneo promises Neptune to sacrifice the first living being he encounters upon landing. Unfortunately, it is his own son who greets him in his native land. By offering her own life in exchange for that of Idamante, whom she loves and who loves her, Illia manages to get Neptune to yield and to deliver Idomeneo from his fateful vow. Robert Carsen's "politically poetic staging" (Opera News), set in present-day Crete, features a first-rate cast including Eric Cutler as Idomeneo, David Portillo as Idamante, Anett Fritsch, as Ilia, Eleonora Buratto, as Elettra, and Benjamin Hulett as Arbace.