Opera - Idomeneo
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
(1756-1791)
Idomeneo, King of Crete
149:37
Dramma per musica
in three acts
Libretto by Giovanni Battista Varesco after Antoine Danchet's
Idomenée
1
Overture
4:33
Act I
2
'When will the gods release me'
3:59
3
'Father, my brothers, forgive me!'
3:31
Ilia
4
'Ah! He is coming'
2:34
Ilia, Idamante
5
'I am guiltless and yet you blame me'
5:42
Idamante
6
'Here are the few wretched Trojan victims'
0:45
Ilia, Idamante
7
'The war is over'
2:23
Chorus
8
'Prince, my lord, you insult the Greek nation'
2:34
Electra, Idamante, Arbace, Ilia
9
'The King dies. . . and I am friendless!'
1:51
10
'I feel you writhe inside me'
3:18
Electra
11
'Relent! Heaven, relent!'
1:05
Chorus
12
Pantomime
3:18
'We have been saved at last'
13
'The ghost of my victim'
3:58
Idomeneo
14
'This lonely shore'
4:37
Idamante, Idomeneo
15
'The father I love dearly'
2:49
Idamante
Intermezzo
16
March -
4:12
'May Neptune be honoured'
Chorus
Act II
17
'We are alone; listen, Arbace'
3:58
Idomeneo, Arbace, Ilia
18
'My father was taken'
5:31
Ilia
19
'How should I interpret words so ambiguous and disturbing?'
2:10
20
'Saved from storms, the storm within me rages'
6:02
Idomeneo
21
'What pleasure could be deeper than mine is?'
1:29
22
'Dearest creature, that I know you love another cannot hurt me'
6:09
Electra
23
'You shores of Crete'
0:51
Electra
24
'Calmly the sea is calling'
4:02
Chorus, Electra
25
'You must set sail, Prince'
0:31
Idomeneo, Idamante
26
'If I must leave, I beg you'
3:43
Idamante, Electra, Idomeneo
27
'The storm winds are howling'
1:31
Chorus
28
'I am the one, merciless Neptune, the culprit'
1:50
Idomeneo
29
'Disaster! Run faster to flee such a horror!'
1:28
Chorus
Act III
30
'Here, alone but not lonely'
0:56
31
'Heav'nly breezes, soft and gentle'
5:44
Ilia
32
'Noble princess, if I dare to seek you out again'
3:25
33
'At the moment such words were uttered'
2:53
Idamante, Ilia
34
'(What do I see here?)'
2:00
Idomeneo, Ilia, Idamante, Electra
35
'Alone the earth I wander'
5:28
Idamante, Ilia, Idomeneo, Electra
36
'Most unfortunate land!'
3:22
Arbace
37
'Raise your eyes for a moment, your highness'
4:31
High Priest, Idomeneo
38
'Oh, oh vow past redemption'
4:47
Chorus, High Priest
39
March
1:27
40
'Oh mighty ocean god, we beg you hear us'
3:07
Idomeneo, Chorus
41
'Highness, our hero, the prince Idamante'
1:13
Arbace, Idomeneo
42
'Father, my dearest father. . .'
5:47
Idamante, Idomeneo, Ilia, High Priest
43
'Your love has triumphed: Idomeneo shall rule no more'
2:32
Voice of Neptune
44
'The gods show mercy!'
1:11
Idomeneo, Idamante, Ilia, Arbace, Electra
45
'The woes of my brother invade and destroy me'
3:08
Electra
46
'Cretans: this shall be the last decree Idomeneo will pronounce'
5:41
Idomeneo
47
'Bless their love, bless their devotion'
1:23
Chorus
Bruce Ford tenor - Idomeneo
Diana Montague mezzo-soprano - Idamante
Rebecca Evans soprano - Ilia
Susan Patterson soprano - Electra
Ryland Davies tenor - Arbace
Nicolai Gedda tenor - High Priest of Neptune
Clive Bayley bass - Voice of Neptune
David Parry
23-27 June 2003