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Mozart: Idomeneo / Vargas, Kozena, Norrington

Mozart / Vargas / Kozena / Siurina / Harteros
Release Date: 02/13/2007 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 000838109  
Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Ramón Vargas,  Ekaterina Siurina,  Magdalena Kozená,  Jeffrey Francis,   ... 
Conductor:  Roger Norrington
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Camerata Salzburg,  Salzburg Bach Choir
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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"A vocal ensemble of the highest quality...this was scintillating as well as moving Mozart." -- Salzburger Volkzeitung

Magdalena Kozena and Ramon Vargas in Mozart's great opera seria set in ancient Crete.

Mozart's opera seria tells of the King of Crete who is saved from a terrible storm by promising the gods that he sacrifice the first person he meets when reaching land, only to be greeted by his beloved son Idamante. In this Salzburg staging under Sir Roger Norrington Mexican tenor Ramón Vargas sings the title role, with Czech mezzo Magdalena Kozena giving an acclaimed performance as Idamante. Salzburg favourite Anja Harteros is the jealous Elettra, with Ekaterina Siurina as Idamante's beloved Read more Ilia.

MOZART22: THE COMPLETE STAGE WORKS ON DVD
The Salzburg Festival 2006 will be remembered for the remarkable achievement of staging all 22 of Mozart's stage works. This major Mozart landmark, 250 years after his birth, has been preserved on film for release by Decca and Deutsche Grammophon on 19 DVDs.

Artists:
Ramón Vargas (Idomeneo)
Magdalena Kozená (Idamante)
Ekaterina Siurina (Ilia)
Anja Harteros (Elettra)
Jeffrey Francis (Arbace)
Robin Leggate (Gran Sacerdote)
Günther Groissböck (La Voce)
Andreas Schlager (Neptune)

Camerata Salzburg
Salzburger Bachchor
Sir Roger Norrington (Conductor)
Stage directors: Ursel Herrmann, Karl-Ernst Herrmann
Stage and costume design: Karl-Ernst Herrmann

Sound: LPCM Stero + DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese
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Works on This Recording

1. Idomeneo, K 366 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Ramón Vargas (Tenor), Ekaterina Siurina (Soprano), Magdalena Kozená (Mezzo Soprano),
Jeffrey Francis (Tenor), Robin Leggate (Tenor), Anja Harteros (Soprano),
Günther Groissböck (Baritone), Andreas Schlager (Tenor)
Conductor:  Roger Norrington
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Camerata Salzburg,  Salzburg Bach Choir
Period: Classical 
Written: 1781; Munich, Germany 
 Date of Recording: 2006 
Venue:  Salzburg Festival, Austria 

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