Idoménée

Opera dates
Title:	Idoménée
	Title page of the libretto, Paris 1712
Shape:	Tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts
Original language:	French
Music:	André Campra
Libretto :	Antoine Danchet
Premiere:	January 12, 1712
Place of premiere:	Théâtre du Palais-Royal , Paris
Place and time of the action:	Sydonie, capital of Crete , mythical time
people
	prolog Eole , god of winds; Venus; Retinue of Eoles; Choir of winds; Entourage of Venus; Choir of Graces and Pleasures; Sea deities; tragedy Idoménée , King of Crete; Arcas, confidante of Idoménées; Arbas, Idamante's follower; Ilione, Trojan princess, daughter of Priam , loved by Idoménée and Idamante; Electre , daughter of Agamemnon , lover of Idamante; Neptune; Venus; La Jalousie, the jealousy; Protée; six sacrificial priests Neptunes; a Cretan; Cretans and Trojans; Entourage of La Jalousie; Sailors; Two shepherdesses; another Cretan; Shepherds, shepherdesses, Argier; Nemesis;

Idoménée (German: Idomeneus) is an opera by the French composer André Campra .

The work is structured in the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts.

Idoménée was premiered on January 12, 1712 by the Académie royale de musique in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris . The libretto by Antoine Danchet has a drama of Crébillon père as a template. Danchet's libretto later formed the basis for Giambattista Varesco's libretto for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera seria Idomeneo (Munich 1781).

Robert Lillinger tried to authentically reconstruct the tragédie lyrique for performances at the Schlosstheater Schönbrunn in 2017 .

Sound recordings

Idoménée Choir and Orchestra Les Arts Florissants , conducted by William Christie ; Harmonia Mundi

Spire Pitou: The Paris Opéra. An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers - Genesis and Glory, 1661-1715. Greenwood Press: Westport / London 1983 ISBN 0-313-21420-4 , pp. 236-237.

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Opera dates
Title:	Idoménée
Title page of the libretto, Paris 1712
Shape:	Tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts
Original language:	French
Music:	André Campra
Libretto :	Antoine Danchet
Premiere:	January 12, 1712
Place of premiere:	Théâtre du Palais-Royal , Paris
Place and time of the action:	Sydonie, capital of Crete , mythical time
people
prolog Eole , god of winds Venus Retinue of Eoles Choir of winds Entourage of Venus Choir of Graces and Pleasures Sea deities tragedy Idoménée , King of Crete Arcas, confidante of Idoménées Arbas, Idamante's follower Ilione, Trojan princess, daughter of Priam , loved by Idoménée and Idamante Electre , daughter of Agamemnon , lover of Idamante Neptune Venus La Jalousie, the jealousy Protée six sacrificial priests Neptunes a Cretan Cretans and Trojans Entourage of La Jalousie Sailors Two shepherdesses another Cretan Shepherds, shepherdesses, Argier Nemesis