Three great passions of philanthropist David Packard come together in the 'Idomeneo' production he has bankrolled ­-- massively

'This production combines my reasonable professional knowledge of the period (in ancient Crete), together with my fanatical interest in Mozart, together with my love of old theaters. So it's a strange thing: Here I am sitting in a theater that I essentially restored, watching a production that I essentially created.'

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