Company

Singer

Soprano

Kathryn Radcliffe

Ilia

Tenor

Steve Davislim

Idomeneo

Countertenor

Catherine Carby

Idamante

Olivia Cranwell

Elettra

Michael Dimovski

Arbace

James Egglestone

High priest of Neptune

Bass

Simon Meadows

The voice

Melbourne

Australia

Victorian Opera

Sydney City

Opera Australia

Benjamin Bayl

Conductor

Stage director

Lindy Hume

Costume designer

Anna Cordingley

Set designer

Michael Yeargan

Video designer

David Bergman

Lighting designer

Verity Hampson

Palais Theatre

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

Italian

Jacob Battista

Catherine Pettman

Public

Opera

English

Approved

Death, politics and roaring crescendos – Idomeneo will crash like a wave on St Kilda’s Palais Theatre, directed by Lindy Hume and conducted by Benjamin Bayl.

In this epic production, the mythical King of Crete is faced with an impossible decision: to sacrifice his son in payment of a debt to Poseidon or exile him across the seas. The King will be joined by a vengeful, jealous performance of Elettra and accompanied by the virtuosic playing of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra.

Presented in the grand majesty of the Palais Theatre, this full staging of one of opera’s great jewels will sparkle on the St Kilda foreshore as if it were Poseidon’s bay.

A co-production between Victorian Opera and Opera Australia.

FULLY-STAGED OPERA
DATES & INFO
Tuesday 4 July, 7.30 pm
Thursday 6 July, 7.30 pm
Saturday 8 July, 7.30 pm

Palais Theatre, St Kilda

Duration
2 hours 45 minutes, with one interval

Language
Sung in Italian with English surtitles

www.victorianopera.com.au/production/idomeneo/

Idomeneo Mozart

Death, politics and roaring crescendos, Idomeneo is a new opera that will crash like a wave on Melbourne directed by Emma Muir-Smith and conducted by Benjamin Bayl.

In this epic production, the mythical King of Crete is faced with an impossible decision: to sacrifice his son in payment of a debt to Poseidon or exile him across the seas. The King will be joined by a vengeful, jealous performance of Elettra and accompanied by the virtuosic playing of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. 

Presented in the grand majesty of the Palais Theatre, this full staging of one of opera’s great jewels will sparkle on the St Kilda foreshore as if it were Poseidon’s bay.


CREATIVE TEAM
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist Abbé Giambattista Varesco

Conductor Benjamin Bayl
Director Lindy Hume
Set Designer Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer Anna Cordingley
Lighting Designer Verity Hampson
Video Designer David Bergman
Cinematography Catherine Pettman
Set Design Consultant Richard Roberts

CAST
Idomeneo Steve Davislim
Idamante Catherine Carby
Ilia Kathryn Radcliffe
Elettra Olivia Cranwell
Arbace Michael Dimovski
High Priest of Neptune James Egglestone
Voice of Oracle (Neptune) Simon Meadows

CHORUS
Jonathon Bam, Elizabeth Barrow, Paul Batey, Paul Biencourt, Kirilie Blythman, Kerrie Bolton, Emily Burke, Robert Campbell, Alastair Cooper-Golec, Stephen Coutts, Rebecca Crabtree, Irving Dekterev, Shakira Dugan, Shania Eliassen, Olivia Federow-Yemm, Fraser Findlay, Matan Franco, Lyndon Green, Teresa Ingrilli, Jerzy Kozlowski, Alister Lamont, Kieran Macfarlane, Jane Magao, Ursula Paez, Alexsander Pokryshevsky, Henry Shaw, Syrah Torii, Peter Tregear, Emily Uhlrich, Nicole Wallace, Lynlee Williams, Hannah Kostros.

ORCHESTRA
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, From Victorian Opera (2023/2023), Directed by Lindy Hume,, Conductor Benjamin Bayl

Credits (Cast & Crew)

Victorian Opera

Benjamin Bayl

Lindy Hume

Cast

Kathryn Radcliffe

Steve Davislim

Catherine Carby

Olivia Cranwell

Michael Dimovski

James Egglestone

Simon Meadows

Crew

Anna Cordingley

Michael Yeargan

David Bergman

Verity Hampson

Ensemble

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

Co-Producer

Opera Australia

Program, About & Synopsis

Videos 5

Photos 9

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues 3