Mozart’s first mature masterpiece, Idomeneo took a stock mythological plot and transformed it into a life-and-death drama of real characters confronted by the personal and political consequences of choices made in a time of war.

Full of virtuosic yet often intimately lyrical vocal writing, grand public processions and stirring choruses, Idomeneo is conducted by English National Opera’s Laurence Olivier Award-winning Music Director, Edward Gardner. The cast features some of Britain’s best operatic performers, including Paul Nilon, Robert Murray, Sarah Tynan and Emma Bell.

Following her 2009 adaptation of Purcell’s Dido And Aeneas which sold-out at the Young Vic and is also set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, Katie Mitchell brings her unique directorial style to bear on what is now widely seen as Mozart’s most deeply felt piece. In addition to Idomeneo and Dido And Aeneas, Mitchell’s London credits also include …Some Trace Of Her, The Cat In The Hat, Pains Of Youth, Waves (all National Theatre), Forty Winks and The City (both Royal Court).

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