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Idomeneo
Opens: 20/08/2010
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Sir Roger Norrington conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus's performance of one of Mozart's great triumphs, Idomeneo. Following the Trojan War, love and destruction strike with astonishing force. Features hotly anticipated performances from accomplished American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and celebrated Mozart interpreter Kurt Streit.
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MusicOMH“Ms Tynan's Ilia is beautifully frocked but sings nervously...” I love modern productions provided they make sense and respect the music, but this one does neither. Should you go? Yes, because you'll hear some of Mozart's greatest music played by an orchestra at the top of its game, an Electra of real class...
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Guardian“Played with a combination of high drama and fastidious detail...” Norrington included the ballet music at the close – often cut, though here conferring a sense of stability and order after cataclysm and crisis. This was luxury casting of a kind that we don't get at Edinburgh as often as we might...
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