Idomeneo NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (12)
See it if You are a Mozart fan or not! Beautiful music and set. Glorious singing! A must see!
Don't see it if You do not like opera!
See it if you like to watch a great opera that is also entertaining
Don't see it if you do not like opera
See it if you are a fan of Mozart and like a great ensemble cast. Beautifully sung.
Don't see it if Static, period staging. Somewhat stand and sing.
See it if You like opera, Mozart
Don't see it if You want comedy or a focus on romance
See it if Early lesser known Mozart Opera performed at the prestigious Metropolitan Opera House. I wasn't familiar with this production at all but
Don't see it if Found it to be a very entertaining and enjoyable experience in all regards.
See it if you enjoy Mozart’s Greek mythology grand opera performed by world class singers and orchestra with some neat staging and a surprise ending
Don't see it if you don’t like opera or prefer your Greek mythology bloody, or want to stick with the more familiar works of Mozart
See it if if you enjoy Mozart and great cast. Opera as it should be. Always a thrill to attend a production at the Met
Don't see it if Unable to appreciate classical music
See it if you like to see one of Mozart's less known operas.Fewer hummable arias but very thought provoking plot.Title character has difficult choice.
Don't see it if you like more memorable music and arias of Mozart or you don't like opera. Read more
Critic Reviews (4)
"In 'Idomeneo,' Mozart wrote choral music that is perhaps unequalled in any of his other operas... Seldom has the orchestra sounded more luminous and transparent than it did under Honeck’s baton."
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"Overall, the singing was good, but without setting the stage ablaze."
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"Mozart’s beautiful melodies unfolded seamlessly, creating an almost trancelike effect. None of the drama or intensity of the score was lacking, but it was a performance on a particularly intimate scale."
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"It was a performance of extremes, the accents that much more weighty, the fortes turned into fortissimos and the pianos into pianissimos....This relentless energy never wavered and at peak climaxes throughout it was impossible not to be overwhelmed by the power of the music."
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