Idomeneo, re di Creta

Mozart in all his grandeur

Laurence Cummings, an expert in historically informed performance practices, makes his debut at Dutch National Opera. He will be conducting the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and the Chorus of Dutch National Opera, guiding them through this fascinating score in which Mozart turns baroque conventions into a modern musical language capable of expressing the deepest of human emotions. The title role will be sung by the much-lauded tenor Daniel Behle, who previously enjoyed great success as the King’s Son in Königskinder and as Lohengrin. The scintillating cast of soloists also includes Cecilia Molinari, Anna El-Khashem and Jacquelyn Wagner, all Mozart singers pur sang .

Performance information

Opera in three acts

Sung in Italian

Libretto Giambattista Varesco

Chief conductor Laurence Cummings
Stage director and choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Set designer Chiharu Shiota
Costume designer Yuima Nakazato
Lighting designer Michael Bauer
Dramaturgy Simon Hatab
Artistic collaborator set design Cristina Nyffeler

Idomeneo Daniel Behle
Idamante Cecilia Molinari
Ilia Anna El-Khashem
Elettra Jacquelyn Wagner
Arbace Linard Vrielink
Gran Sacerdote di Nettuno Angel Romero
La Voce Jasurbek Khaydarov *
Due Cretese Jannelieke Schmidt , Rut Codina Palacio **
Due Troiani Stefan Kennedy , Sander Heutinck **

*Dutch National Opera Studio
** Chorus of Dutch National Opera

Dancers of Eastman
Pau Aran Gimeno
Helena Olmedo Duynslaeger
Andrea 'Drew' Bou Othmane
Dayan Akhmedgaliev
Patrick Williams Seebacher (TwoFace)
Kazutomi 'Tsuki' Kozuki
Maryna Kushchova (Ashotivna)
Jonas Vandekerckhove
Nelson Parrish Earl
Léo Merrien

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Chorus master Edward Ananian-Cooper

Co-production with Grand Théâtre de Genève and Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg

With the support of the Belgian Federal Government’s Tax Shelter programme. Coproducer: Perpodium.