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Coming up:

Feb. 14 at 1 p.m.
The Metropolitan Opera
Artist's Choice - Mozart's Idomeneo from 1986
Selected by Joyce DiDonato in honor of Frederica von Stade

CAST:
Idomeneo - David Rendall
Ilia - Benita Valente
Idamante - Frederica von Stade
Elettra - Hildegard Behrens
Arbace - John Alexander

CONDUCTOR:
Jeffrey Tate

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