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The gods were surely smiling on Houston Grand Opera's production of Mozart's Idomeneo, seen January 28. A propitious alignment of mortals made this an evening to remember. With stunning visual simplicity and breathtaking musical execution, this Idomeneo joins the best work that HGO has done and becomes a fitting contribution to its fiftieth-year celebration.
Australian director Moffat Oxenbould, along with Carl Friedrich Oberle (sets and costumes) and Nigel Levings (lighting), offered a production inspired by the late Goren Jarvefelt, who favored a simple raked set, as seen in Stockholm's Drottningholm Theatre in the eighteenth century. The minimalist look, with bare walls, muted colors and few props, provided the perfect framework for the intersection of fate and humanity that drives the story...
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