Digested opera: Idomeneo | John Crace

Ilia has the hots for a hunky Cretan, but is he destined for a life in Argos? John Crace is on hand to appease the gods of clarity with his version of Mozart's classicAct 1: Crete, shortly after the Trojan warIlia: Wretched, wretched me! / I am all alone / Now that the Greeks have topped / My father Priam and my brothers / Yet I do quite fancy Idamante / Though that is a complete non-starter / As he is a murdering Greek / And he also has the hots for Electra / But a woman can't help hoping / Can...

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