Premiered just two days after Mozart’s 25th birthday, Idomeneo marked a major turning point in the composer’s operatic career. Enjoy the full opera with tonight’s free Nightly Met Opera Stream. The 2017 performance—starring tenor Matthew Polenzani, sopranos Nadine Sierra and Elza van den Heever, and mezzo-soprano Alice Coote—is available tonight, October 4, starting at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, October 5, at 6:30PM ET. Enhance your viewing experience with curated supplementary content—including

On stage tonight, October 6, at 7PM: Mozart’s Idomeneo! Maestro Manfred Honeck returns to the podium to conduct Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s dramatic staging, giving a rendition of the young Mozart’s masterpiece that was described by The New York Times as “full-bodied, with rich vitality.” The magnificent cast features Michael Spyres - BariTenor in the title role of the ancient Cretan king, alongside sopranos Ying Fang and Federica Lombardi, Kate Lindsey Mezzo Soprano, and tenors Paolo Fanale and Issa

Something of a rarity on the Met stage, Mozart’s Idomeneo had its first revival in more than a decade during the 2016–17 season. In tonight’s free Nightly Met Opera Stream, soprano Nadine Sierra stars as the exiled Trojan princess Ilia in a sublime Live in HD transmission—available starting at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, November 4, at 6:30PM ET. Enhance your viewing experience with curated supplementary content—including Playbills, articles, and more—at metopera.org/OperaHistory1 and access the s

🎶 Sei dabei bei der Matinee von «Idomeneo» und erhalte Einblicke in Mozarts erste große Oper! Am Sonntag, 1.2.26, laden wir herzlich zur Matinee unserer neuen Opernproduktion «Idomeneo» ins Foyer des Großen Hauses ein. Gemeinsam mit zentralen Mitwirkenden der Produktion werfen wir einen Blick hinter die Kulissen dieser vielschichtigen Oper zwischen Mythos, Politik und innerer Zerrissenheit: ⭐ Dovlet Nurgeldiyev – singt die Titelpartie des Idomeneo, des traumatisierten Königs von Kreta, der zwis

Die Hauptpartie des #Idomeneo in der gleichnamigen Oper von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart übernimmt in unserer Neuproduktion der kanadische Tenor Joseph Kaiser. In unserem Backstage-Video spricht er über seinen Bezug zu dieser Rolle und seine Begeisterung für Mozarts Musik. Premiere feiert «Idomeneo» am 4 Feb 2018. Alle weiteren Infos & Tickets: bit.ly/OHZ-Idomeneo | Opernhaus Zürich