Mozart - Strauss: Idomeneo (1780, arr. 1930) 150'
Opera seria in three Acts

Music Text  
Libretto by Abbate Giambattista Varesco after a French opera by Campra and Danchet. Revised German text by Lothar Wallenstein (G)

Scoring
S,lyricS,dramaticS,T,Bar,2B; chorus; 2.picc.2.2.2-4.2.3.0-timp-strings


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World Premiere
1/29/1781
Munich
Unknown


World premiere of version
4/16/1931
Vienna
Vienna State Opera


Recommended Recording
Josef Witt/Else Schürhoff/Vienna State Opera Orchestra/Vienna State Opera Chorus/Josef Krips
Koch Schwann 314532
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