30 Apr 2017

MOZART: Idomeneo

From Opera on Sunday
Nadine Sierra as Ilia in Mozart's Idomeneo

Nadine Sierra as Ilia in Mozart's Idomeneo Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

Sunday 30 April at 6.00pm on RNZ Concert

MOZART: Idomeneo

Set on the island of Crete in the aftermath of the Trojan War, the opera explores the motivations and emotions of humans whose fates seem beyond their own control

Idomeneo..................... Matthew Polenzani

Idamante...................... Alice Coote

Ilia................................ Nadine Sierra

Elettra.......................... Elza van den Heever

Arbace......................... Alan Opie

Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/James Levine (EBU)

Elza van den Heever sings Elettra’s Act I aria from Idomeneo

Synopsis of Mozart's Idomeneo

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