René Jacob’s favourite opera

The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra (FBO) and René Jacobs, who have long been settings standards for opera productions, present their interpretation of Mozart’s Idomeneo, a work that the then 25-year-old composer commissioned from the Munich Elector Karl-Theodor. Mozart broke new ground in Idomeneo; while its core elements are still indebted to the traditions of opera seria, its differentiated role portraits (which were literally composed to fit the cast of the premiere) and the extensive choral parts already point to the musical future. With a more than promising vocal cast and the congenial Zürcher Sing-Akademie, the FBO and René Jacobs are guests in some of the most important opera houses and concert halls in Europe.

Ian Koziara, tenor (Idomeneo) / Kateryna Kasper, soprano (Elettra) / Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano (Idamante) /Polina Pastirchak, soprano (Ilia) / Mark Milhofer, tenor (Arbace) / Kresimir Spicer, tenor (Gran Sacerdote di Nettuno & La voce) / Zürcher Sing-Akademie / René Jacobs, conductor

23 January 2025, Teatro Real Madrid / 29 January 2025, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona / 31 January 2025, DeSingel, Antwerpen / 2 February 2025, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg / 4 February 2025, Konzerthaus Freiburg

W. A. Mozart: Idomeneo, Rè di Creta K 366