Mozart: Idomeneo Act I-II | Pavarotti, Cotrubas, von Stade - Levine, Ponnelle (MET 1982 - MULTISUB)

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist: Gianbattista Varesco
Premiere: 29 January 1781, Munich (Cuvillés Theater)
Language: Italian
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish.
Act III: https://rumble.com/v4yhmnb-mozart-idomeneo-act-iii-pavarotti-cotrubas-von-stade-levine-ponnelle-met-19.html

Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante (Italian for Idomeneo, King of Crete, or, Ilia and Idamante; usually referred to simply as Idomeneo, K. 366) is an Italian language opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted by Giambattista Varesco from a French text by Antoine Danchet, which had been set to music by André Campra as Idoménée in 1712. Mozart and Varesco were commissioned in 1780 by Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria for a court carnival.

Cast & Characters:
Idomeneo - Luciano Pavarotti
Idamante - Frederica Von Stade
Ilia - Ileana Cotrubas
Arbace - John Alexander
Elettra - Hildegard Behrens
Gran Sacerdote di Nettuno - Timothy Jenkins
La voce: Richard J. Clark
Due cretesi: Loretta di Franco, Batyah Godfrey
Due troiani: Charles Anthony, James Courtney

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor: James Levine
Chorus Master: David Stivender
Stage Director: Jen-Pierre Ponnelle
Director: Brian Large
Live from MET, 6 November 1982, during the first-ever performance of Idomeneo at the Metropolitan Opera.

Idomeneo Synopsis - Idomeneus, King of Crete
Act I: King Idomeneus (ldomeneo) has sent prisoners from Troy back to Crete, including Ilia, King Priam's daughter. Unknown to Idomeneus, Ilia and Idamantes (Idamante), Idomeneus's son, are in love, and Idamantes is also loved by Elektra (Elettra). Idomeneus is set to return to Crete, at which point the prisoners will be granted amnesty, but a storm forces him to offer to Neptune a sacrifice of the first living thing he meets as he steps ashore. This turns out to be his son.

Act II: Idomeneus tries to avoid his obligation to Neptune by sending Idamantes to Argos as an escort for Elektra. But Neptune raises a terrible storm out of which appears a monster which then begins to tear the island apart. The people realize that someone has offended the gods, and Idomeneus confesses.