from Act III of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Arbaces, Idomeneo's confidant

Voice Part: tenor

Setting: the gardens of the palace

Synopsis: Arbaces believes that Crete may be doomed but sings that if it falls, he would give his life away to make sure the prince and king were saved.

from Act II of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Arbaces, Idomeneo's confidant

Voice Part: tenor

Setting: Idomeneo's apartments

Synopsis: Arbaces tells Idomeneo that he would make Idomeneo's troubles go away if he could, but he can't. He tells Idomeneo that these troubles are the hazards of kingship.

from Act III of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Electra, daughter of King Agamemnon of Argos

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: dramatic coloratura

Setting: A square in fron of Idomeneo's palace

Synopsis: Neptune's voice has just decreed that in order to appease him, the king must abdicate and give Idamantes the throne with Ilia as his wife. Electra, who wants Idamantes for herself, is furious and declares that she is tortured beyond belief and that she might as well just die.

from Act II of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Electra, daughter of King Agamemnon of Argos

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: dramatic coloratura

Setting: Idomeneo's apartments

Synopsis: Electra sings that, even if Idamantes is forced to marry her, she will not mind. She has confidence in her abilities to make him love her.

from Act I of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Electra, daughter of King Agamemnon of Argos

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: dramatic coloratura

Setting: The apartments of Ilia in Idomeneo's palace

Synopsis: Jealous and angry that Idamantes loves Ilia, who Electra regards as no better than a slave, Electra vows revenge on the two lovers.

from Act I of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Idamantes, son of Idomeneo

Voice Part: soprano|mezzo-soprano       Fach: lyric mezzo|lyric soprano

Setting: the docks of Idomeneo

Synopsis: Idomeneo and Idamantes meet for the first time in 20 years at the docks after Idomeneo's shipwreck. Idamantes is overjoyed to see his father but is devastated when his father runs away from him saying that it would have been better if they had never met.

from Act III of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Idamantes, son of Idomeneo

Voice Part: soprano|mezzo-soprano       Fach: lyric mezzo|lyric soprano

Setting: A square in front of Idomeneo's palace

Synopsis: After agreeing to let his father sacrifice him to Neptune to appease the angry god, Idamantes declares that he does not fear death if it gives peace to his father's land and to his beloved Ilia.

from Act I of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Idamantes, son of Idomeneo

Voice Part: soprano|mezzo-soprano       Fach: lyric mezzo|lyric soprano

Setting: The apartments of Ilia in Idomeneo's palace

Synopsis: When Ilia responds to his offer of freedom and love by saying that he should remember who their respective fathers are, Idamantes answers by singing that he is not to blame. The gods are to blame and he would kill himself for her just to show that he loves her truly.

from Act II of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Idomeneo, King of Crete

Voice Part: tenor       Fach: lyric tenor|spinto

Setting: Idomeneo's apartments

Synopsis: Even though he is no longer on the sea, Idomeneo still feels as if he is in as much danger as if he was on the sea. He wonders if he is as close to disaster as when he was shipwrecked.

from Act III of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Idomeneo, King of Crete

Voice Part: tenor       Fach: lyric tenor|spinto

Setting: A square in front of Idomeneo's palace

Synopsis: Idomeneo summarizes his reign and says that he has found peace again in the decision to keep Idamantes alive by abdicating the throne to him.

from Act I of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Idomeneo, King of Crete

Voice Part: tenor       Fach: lyric tenor|spinto

Setting: the docks of Idomeneo

Synopsis: Shipwrecked, Idomeneo promised Neptune to sacrifice the first human that he met on Neptune's altar if he was saved from the shipwreck. He is indeed saved but imagines how the ghost of the sacrificed person will haunt him for his entire life.

from Act I of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Ilia, daughter of King Priam of Troy

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric coloratura

Setting: The apartments of Ilia in Idomeneo's palace

Synopsis: Ilia despairs that she will never see her father or brothers again. She blames Greece, but realizes that she is becoming enamored with Idamantes, the King's son.

from Act II of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Ilia, daughter of King Priam of Troy

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric coloratura

Setting: Idomeneo's apartments

Synopsis: Ilia tells Idomeneo that even though she has lost everything, she is happy in Crete and she now thinks of Idomeneo as her father.

from Act III of the Italian opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco

Role: Ilia, daughter of King Priam of Troy

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric coloratura

Setting: the gardens of the palace

Synopsis: Ilia asks the breezes and trees and flowers to tell Idamantes that she loves him dearly and that he should remain faithful to her even though he is far away.