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Idomeneo / [music] by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; production, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Varesco, Giambattista, librettist.
Pavarotti, Luciano, performer.
Cotrubaș, Ileana, performer.
Behrens, Hildegard, performer.
Von Stade, Frederica, performer.
Alexander, John, 1923-1990, performer.
Levine, James, 1943-2021, conductor.
Ponnelle, Jean-Pierre, 1932-1988, production personnel.
D'Alessio, Clemente, producer.
Large, Brian, director.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer, producer.
Pioneer Classics (Firm), distributor.
Kenneth H. and Thelma F. Cisney Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Italian
Subjects (All):
Operas.
Idomeneus (Greek mythology)--Drama.
Idomeneus (Greek mythology).
Genre:
Drama.
Operas.
Television programs.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
Long Beach, Calif. : Pioneer Classics, 2000.
Language Note:
Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
System Details:
DVD; NTSC.
digital
optical
stereo
NTSC
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Returning home from the Trojan Wars during a storm, Idomeneo, the king of Crete, vows to sacrifice to Neptune in return for his own safety the first living creature he meets ashore. This turns out to be his own son Idamante and Idomeneo attempts to escape from fulfilling his vow.
Participant:
Luciano Pavarotti (Idomeneo) ; Ileana Cotrubus (Ilia) ; Hildegard Behrens (Elettra) ; Frederica von Stade (Idamante) ; John Alexander (Arbace)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor.
Credits:
Set and costume design, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; lighting design, Gil Wechsler; video, William Steinberg, Paul C. York; producer, Clemente D'Alessio; directed by Brian Large.
Notes:
Opera in three acts.
Libretto by Giambattista Varesco.
At the head of title: The Metropolitan Opera. Above closing credits: Live from the Met.
Recorded for television in performance Nov. 6, 1982 at the Metropolitan Opera.
Edition: Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, ed. Daniel Heartz
Stereo.
Program notes by David Hamilton and synopsis ([6] p.) inserted in container.
Pioneer Classics: PC-11498D.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kenneth H. and Thelma F. Cisney Memorial Fund.
Contains:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Idomeneo, composer.
OCLC:
46326423
Publisher Number:
PC-11498D Pioneer Classics

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