opera Mozart's Idomeneo Jean-Louis Grinda (stage director), Fabio Biondi (conductor) — With Ian Koziara (Idomeneo), Maria Grazia Schiavo (Ilia), Annalisa Stroppa (Idamante) …

Jean-Louis Grinda (stage director), Fabio Biondi (conductor) — With Ian Koziara (Idomeneo), Maria Grazia Schiavo (Ilia), Annalisa Stroppa (Idamante) …

Mozart's Idomeneo Jean-Louis Grinda (stage director), Fabio Biondi (conductor) — With Ian Koziara (Idomeneo), Maria Grazia Schiavo (Ilia), Annalisa Stroppa (Idamante) …

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Live from the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, (re)discover an opera seria masterpiece by Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta! This excellent production by Jean-Louis Grinda, whose work we are always delighted to broadcast, features a stellar vocal cast, starting with American tenor Ian Koziara in a title role tour de force: "a tenor is born," raves La Libre; "[Koziara is] not only a born performer capable of conveying all his character's complex contradictions, but also an incredible voice with rich and substantial highs, a generous middle range, and resonant lows, all with remarkable cohesion and agility." Acclaimed Italian mezzo Annalisa Stroppa impresses as Idomeneo's daughter Idamante (originally a castrato role), as do Georgian soprano Nino Machaidze, "nearly faultless … and vocally stupendous," and the always excellent ORWL Orchestra under maestro Fabio Biondi, one of the world's leading 18th-century music experts.