Name: Idomeneo
Start: 2019-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre

Organization

Singer

Tenor

Paul Nilon

Idomeneo

Soprano

Aiste Pilibaviciute

Ilia

Regina Silinskaite

Elettra

Rafailas Karpis

Arbace

Andrius Bartkus

High priest of Neptune

Bass

Liudas Mikalauskas

The voice

Countertenor

Tomas Pavilionis

Idamante

Conductor

Modestas Barkauskas

Stage director

Graham Vick

Set designer

Paul Brown

Lighting designer

Giuseppe di Iorio

Choreographer

Ron Howell

Johannes Wildner

Costume designer

ASSISTANT TO THE DESIGNER

Anna Bonomelli

Chorus master

Česlovas Radžiūnas

Edgaras Davidovičius

Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre

GöteborgsOperan

Italian

Vilnius

Lithuania

Idomeneo Mozart

Public

Private

Lithuanian

English

Approved

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was overjoyed when Kurfürst of Bavaria and Pfalz commissioned him to write an opera for the palace carnival in Munich. Written in a few weeks, the new work "Idomeneo, re di Creta" was performed in January 1781 and proved to be massively successful. It was Mozart’s first mature opera, which was never produced again while the composer was still alive. 
The storyline of the opera is based upon Greek myths. King Idomeneo is a general, participant of the Trojan War, mentioned in Homer’s Iliad. Striving to save his life, he makes a vow to Neptune to sacrifice the first living creature he shall meet. Unfortunately, the first person he meets is his son Idamante. After much commotion, battles and a sacrifice of a woman, the gods give in. The inhabitants of Crete celebrate the wedding of Ilia and Idamante.

On the stage of the LNOBT "Idomeneo" shall be introduced by British director Graham Vick, known for his productions that offer radical interpretations of classical works. According to the director himself, this work is not intended for experts of Mozart – this epic breakthrough piece by the genius composer should mostly appeal to younger audience, which didn’t spend much time appreciating the genre of opera.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Co-Producer