Idomeneo (opera)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Idomeneus_(mythology)
gptkbp:catalogueNumber K. 366
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Karl_Theodor,_Elector_of_Bavaria
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Court_Theatre,_Munich
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Idomeneo (opera)
gptkbp:influencedBy French opera
Gluckian reform opera
Italian opera seria
gptkbp:language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Giambattista_Varesco
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Elettra
gptkb:Idamante
gptkb:Idomeneo
gptkb:Ilia
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:D'Oreste,_d'Ajace
gptkb:Fuor_del_mar
gptkb:Zeffiretti_lusinghieri
gptkbp:notableChorus gptkb:O_voto_tremendo
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:ballet
orchestrator
choral writing
dramatic recitative
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera
gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera
gptkb:Salzburg_Festival
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Colin_Davis_(Philips,_1977)
gptkb:James_Levine_(Deutsche_Grammophon,_1983)
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv, 1990)
gptkbp:notableRole bass (Arbace)
bass (High Priest of Neptune)
mezzo-soprano (Idamante)
soprano (Elettra)
soprano (Ilia)
tenor (Idomeneo)
tenor (Voice of Neptune)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:premiereDate 1781-01-29
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Cuvilliés_Theatre,_Munich
gptkbp:setInPeriod Mythological era
gptkbp:structure overture and three acts
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Greek_mythology
gptkbp:theme gptkb:sacrifice
fate
love
duty
divine intervention
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ivo_van_Hove
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6