Idomeneo
- Title
- Idomeneo / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; the Metropolitan Opera.
- Published by
- Hollywood, CA : Bel Canto Paramount Home Video, [1989], ©1989.
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Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 2 videocassettes (185 min.) : sound (stereo), color; 1/2 in. +
- 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.
- Uniform title
- Live at the Met (Television program)
- Subject
- Note
- Drama for music in 3 acts.
- In Italian with English subtitles.
- Libretto by Gianbattista Varesco.
- Originally telecast as part of the Live from the Met series.
- Stereo hi-fi.
- Booklet contains program notes by David Hamilton and synopsis.
- "2372."
- Credits (note)
- Production, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle ; for Live at the Met: producer, Clemente D\u0027Alessio ; director, Brian Large. .
- Performer (note)
- Ileana Cotrubas, Frederica von Stade, Hildegard Behrens, Luciano Pavarotti ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor.
- Event (note)
- Recorded at the 7th Metropolitan Opera performance on Saturday, November 6, 1982.
- System details (note)
- VHS.