Hauser & Wirth is honored to present a co-livestream event, in partnership with the world-renowned Bayerische Staatsoper and the Munich Opera Festival, of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s operatic masterpiece ‘Idomeneo’. The production, featuring sets by artist Phyllida Barlow, will be free to view LIVE on hauserwirth.com Saturday 24 July at 6 pm CEST, 12 pm ET and 9 am PT.
Promotional image for 'Idomeneo' courtesy of Bayerische Staatsoper and the Munich Opera Festival
In a risky deal with the Gods, King Idomeneo returns home to Crete, after the Trojan War, where he vows to Poseidon to sacrifice the first living being he meets upon his arrival. Fate deals him a bitter blow as Idomeneo tragically encounters his son Idamantes.
This ancient story unfolds through the mastery, emotion and lyricism of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s brilliant score, with libretto by Giambattista Varesco, and is largely considered Mozart’s greatest choral opera.
Phyllida Barlow in her Studio, 2018 © Phyllida Barlow. Photo: Cat Garcia
Production of 'Idomeneo' featuring sets by Phyllida Barlow. Photo by Wilfried Hösl © Wilfried Hösl
‘Idomeneo’ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Giambattista Varesco
In Italian with English subtitles
Bayerische Staatsoper – Munich Opera Festival
Livestreaming Saturday 24 July 2021
6 pm CEST; 12 pm ET; 9 am PT
Prinzregententheater
Conductor: Contantinos Carydis
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Production: Antú Romero Nunes
Set design by Phyllida Barlow
With
Matthew Polenzani
Emily D’Angelo
Olga Kulchynska
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
