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Idomeneo | Metropolitan Opera

Matthew Polenzani in the title role of Mozart's Idomeneo.
Marty Sohl

Sat. Mar. 25 at 1pm on 90.5 FM WKAR Radio | Like many stories from Greek myth, Idomeneo explores the motivations and emotions of humans whose fates seem beyond their own control. 

The opera casts these issues within the framework of the opera seria genre, a stylized format popular in the 18th century that is characterized by a succession of arias and recitatives and a cast of noble characters. Long neglected along with other works of this era, Idomeneo now holds a firm place in the repertoire as the first of Mozart’s operatic masterpieces.

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