Idomeneo – review

Grange Park, HampshireMozart's first great opera is about the responsibilities of rulership and fatherhood. Absent at the Trojan war for 10 years, King Idomeneo's eventual return to Crete nearly ends in disaster due to a storm at sea instigated by Neptune. Fearing for his life, he makes a vow to sacrifice the first human he comes across on dry land if he survives; this turns out to be his own son, Idamante. Idomeneo's delay in fulfilling his rash vow and his fractured relationship with Idamante ...

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