Fiori: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ~ Idomeneo

 

Idomeneo
Idamante
Ilia
Elettra
Arbace
Gran Sacerdote
La Voce (l’oracle)
Due Cretesi

Due Troiani

Ben Heppner
Susanne Mentzer
Dawn Upshaw
Carol Vaness
Peter Kazaras
John Horton Murray
James Courtney
Theresa Cincione
Jane Shaulis
Michael Forest
Howard Wilkinson


Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera

Conductor James Levine

New York, Metropolitan Opera House
December 21, 1991

 

For most fans Ben Heppner is the main attraction. Idomeneo was already part of his repertoire before his international breakthrough. The voice lost some of its suppleness, but he’s absolutely no disappointment. One can hear however the great sensation is Carol Vanes with one of her great Mozart interpretations, in which she was unsurpassed during this period. For many Susanne Mentzer will be a welcome contribution to their voice-discography and rightfully so. Only Dawn Upshaw sounds a little weak compared to the others in both voice and interpretation.

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CD Length and Format:

CD 1 57.52 minutes
CD 2 45.56 minutes
CD 3 63.34 minutes

The CDs are in MP3 Format (320 kbps), with Cue Sheets.