IDOMENEO
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Opera in three acts in Italian
Liberetto: Abbé Varesco after a French Opera by Campra and DanchetPremièr in Munich - 29 January 1781
27 January - 02†, 04, 09, 12 February 1968
Teatro alla Scala, Milano
FIRST
PERFORMANCE AT TEATRO ALLA SCALA
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Chorus master: Norberto Benaglio
Stage director: Oscar Fritz Schuh
Scene and costumes: Caspar Neher
Idomeneo King of Crete WALDEMAR KMENTT tenor
Idamante his son PETER SCHREIER tenorIlia a Trojan Princess MARGHERITA RINALDI soprano
Electra a Greek Princess LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]
Arbace confidant of Idomeneo DOMENICO TRIMARCHI bass baritone
High Priest of Neptune NICOLA ZACCARIA bass
Voice of Neptune VATSLOVAS DAUNORAS bass
Prima Cretese LIMBANIA LEONI soprano
Seconda Cretese LUCIANA REZZZDORE soprano
Primo Troinao WALTER GULLIANO tenor
Secondo Troinao DINO MANTOVANI bass
Time: Antiquity
Place: Crete
† Recording date
Photos © ERIO PICCAGLIANI, Milano
GENCER ALLA SCALA
IDOMENEO
STAGIONE 1967 – 1968

OPERA MAGAZINE
1967 December
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
1968.01.27
AVANTI
1968.01.28
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
1968.01.28
OPERA MAGAZINE
1968 April
COMPLETE RECORDING
1968.02.02
Recording Excerpts [1968.02.02]
Estinto e Idomeneo? Tutte nel cor vi sento Act I Scene VI
Idol mio se ritroso Act II Scene IV
D'Oroste d'Aiace Act III Scene X