Work Title
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Idomeneo
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Alternative. Title
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Idomeneo, rè di Creta ; Ilia e Idamante
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Name Translations
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Idomeneo, re di Creta; 依多美尼欧; 依多美尼歐; Idomeneusz, król Krety; אידומניאו; [13 more...]Идоменей, царь Критский; Իդոմենեոս, Կրետեի արքա; Idomeneo, rey de Creta; İdomeneo; イドメネオ; Idomeneus; Ідоменей; 이도메네오; أوبرا إيدومينيو; Idomeneo, Reĝo de Kreto; Ιδομενέας; اوبرا ايدومينيو; 伊多梅尼歐
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Name Aliases
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Idomeneu, Rei de Creta; Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante; Idomeneo,rei de creta; Idomeneo, Rei de Creta; Idomeneo, król Krety; [18 more...]Idomeneo, Re di Creta; KV 366; Idomeneo, rè di Creta; Idoménée; Idomenoe, Rè di Creta; Idoménée, roi de Crète; «Իդոմենեոս, Կրետեի արքան»; Իդոմենեոս, Կրետեի արքան; Idomeneo re di Creta; Idomeneu; Idomeneu, rei de Creta; クレタの王イドメネオ; K. 366; Ιδομενεύς, βασιλεύς της Κρήτης; Ιδομενέας, βασιλιάς της Κρήτης; Ίλια και Ιδαμάντης; 伊多美內奧; 伊多曼尼奧
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Authorities
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WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 186123892; LCCN: n81048154; GND: 30010829X; [3 more...]SELIBR: 274934; SUDOC: 027571963; BNF: 139150983
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Composer
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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K.366
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Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IWM 240
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 acts
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1780–81
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First Performance.
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1781/01/29 in Munich, Hoftheater
- Soli, Chorus, Orchestra, Christian Cannabich (conductor)
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First Publication.
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1797 – Leipzig: Schmidt und Rau (piano arrangement) 1805 – Bonn: N. Simrock, plate 444 (full score in 3 volumes and vocal score)
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Librettist
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Giovanni Battista Varesco (1735–1805)
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Language
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Italian
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Classical
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Piece Style
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Classical
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Instrumentation
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vocal soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra
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InstrDetail
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[more...] Cast
- Ilia, daughter of King Priam of Troy (soprano)
Idomeneo [Idomeneus], King of Crete (tenor) Idamante [Idamantes], son of Idomeneo (soprano castrato/tenor) Elettra [Electra], Princess of Argos (soprano) Arbace [Arbaces], Idomeneo's confidant (tenor) High priest of Neptune (tenor) Voice of the Oracle of Neptune (bass) Two Cretan women (soprano, mezzo soprano) Two Trojans prisoners (tenor, bass)
Mixed Chorus (SATB)
- Trojan Prisoners, Cretan Women, Sailors
Pit Orchestra
- piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings, continuo
Off-stage Instruments
- 2 horns [from pit orch.], 3 trombones (accomp. Neptune in Act III)
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Related Works
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Idomeneo, ballet music, K.367 Ch'io mi scordi di te?, K.505 Pieces based on 'Idomeneo'
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Discography
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MusicBrainz Wikipedia (section)
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Authorities
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Wikidata
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Manuscript Sources
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Simrock 1805 FS, 34 mss parts (D-WRha DNT 105)
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External Links
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Wikipedia article All Music Guide NMA score NMA report (German) Libretto
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Extra Information
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Instrumentation, publication details
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