Name: Idomeneo
Start: 2025-06-17
End: 2025-06-17
Location: War Memorial Opera House

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San Francisco Opera

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Tenor

Matthew Polenzani

Idomeneo

Countertenor

Daniela Mack

Idamante

Soprano

Ying Fang

Ilia

Elza van den Heever

Elettra

Conductor

Eun Sun Kim

Stage director

Lindy Hume

Set designer

Michael Yeargan

Costume designer

Anna Cordingley

Lighting designer

Verity Hampson

Video designer

David Bergman

Chorus master

John Keene

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San Francisco Opera Orchestra

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San Francisco Opera Chorus

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United States

War Memorial Opera House

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Saurav Kumar

Approved

Idomeneo Mozart

His Son or His Kingdom.
Amidst a terrible storm, Idomeneo promises the god Neptune that he will sacrifice the first person he sees if he and his crew survive the tempestuous waters. Arriving to shore, his relief at safe passage quickly transforms into horror as the first person he lays eyes upon is his own son, Idamante.


Lindy Hume’s new production of Mozart’s sublime opera highlights the tension between people and their environment, nature becoming increasingly untenable the longer Idomeneo avoids fulfilling his vow. Stunning projections of craggy coastlines and raging seas reverberate with Mozart’s majestic score.

Music Director Eun Sun Kim leads a cast of acclaimed Mozartian singers in this extraordinary story of faith and duty tested to the limits.

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Idomeneo by Mozart, Tue 17 Jun 2025, From (2025/2025), Directed by Lindy Hume,, Conductor Eun Sun Kim, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, United States

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