Name: Idomeneo
Start: 2023-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Schlosstheater Schönbrunn

Organization

Stage director

Michael Sturminger

Conductor

Christoph-Ulrich Meier

Set designer

Hans Kudlich

Costume designer

Julia Münster

Singer

Tenor

Hwapyeong Gwon

Idomeneo

Countertenor

Rebecka Wallroth

Idamante

Soprano

Marta Kristin Fridriksdottir

Ilia

Elena Sverdiolate

Elettra

Jakob Nistler

Arbace

Luis Carlos Hernández Luque

High priest of Neptune

Bass

Jeong- Yeon

The voice

Orchestra

Webern Symphony Orchestra

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Vienna

Austria

Schlosstheater Schönbrunn

Idomeneo, King of Crete, returns to his homeland after the Trojan War. His ship threatens to capsize off the coast in a violent storm. To save himself and appease the sea god Neptune, he vows to sacrifice the first creature he meets on the beach. The storm subsides and he reaches the safe shore; but the first person to confront him is his own son Idamante.

In this "Dramma per musica" from 1781, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart addresses the conflict between gods and humans, between obligations to authority and loyalty to subordinates.

In a production by Michael Sturminger, students from the Institute for Singing and Music Theater will sing. The Webern Symphony Orchestra will play under the musical direction of Christoph U. Meier.

Idomeneo Mozart

Public

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading