Idomeneo [videorecording] : dramma per musica in drei Akten / Musik von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Libretto von Giambattista Varesco ; aus dem Cuvilliés Theater in München.
Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Sung in Italian; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Imprint:
[Stuttgart] : Medici Arts : Distributed by EuroArts Music International, c2009.
Format:
Video
2 videodiscs (176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:
Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French in container.
Production Credits:
Stage director, Dieter Dorn; stage and costume design, Jürgen Rose; lighting design, Tobias Löffler ; directed for TV by Brian Large.
Participant:
John Mark Ainsley (Idomeneo) ; Pavol Breslik (Idamante) ; Juliane Banse (Ilia) ; Annette Dasch (Elettra) ; Rainter Trost (Arbace) ; Guy de Mey (Gran sacerdote di Nettuno) ; Steven Humes (La voce) ; Bewegungschor, Chor und Extrachor der Bayerischen Staatsope r; Bayerisches Staatsorcheste r; Kent Nagano, conductor.
Event:
Recorded in performance June 11, 14, 2008, Cuvilliés Theater, Munich.
Summary:
During a storm at sea, Idomeneo, King of Crete, vows to the god Neptune that, if he survives, he will sacrifice the first human he meets on shore, which turns out to be his son, Idamante.
Format:
DVD-9; soundtracks in Dolby digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.