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Idomeneo, Re di Creta

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Opera in three acts
Music by Mozart
Libretto by GIANBARTISTA VARPSCO (sung in Italian)
A direct relay from the Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg, mounted by the European Broadcasting Union on the 200th anniversary of the opera's first performance.
VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS, VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Harpsichord continuo JEANPIERRE FABER, Cello continuo CORNELIUS HERRMANN, conducted by LEOPOLD Hager

The scene is laid in Crete at the end of the Trojan War.
Acts 1 and 2

Contributors

Harpsichord:
Jean-Pierre Faber
Cello:
Cornelius Herrmann
Unknown:
Cornelius Herrmann
Conducted By:
Leopold Hager
Source: Radio Times

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