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| Idomeneo | |
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| by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
 Portrait by Doris Stock, 1789 | |
| Genre | Opera seria in 3 acts |
| Librettist | Giambattista Varesco |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | Munich 29 January 1781 |
Idomeneo is an opera seria with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto (words) are in Italian and were written by Giambattista Varesco. He based it on a French text by Antoine Danchet. In 1780 Mozart and Varesco were asked by the Elector of Bavaria to write an opera for a court carnival.
Idomeneo was first performed in Munich on 29 January 1781. Mozart was only 24 years old. It was the first of his great operas.
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