Idomeneo · Opera
Songs in Idomeneo
This page features the songs from Idomeneo. Song cards link to details such as style, context, vocal notes, and audition cut suggestions when available. Explore the list below to access song guides.
Act One
Overture
Scene One
Recitative ‘Quando avran fine’ - Ilia
No. 1 Aria ‘Padre, germani, addio!’ - Ilia
Scene Two
Recitative ‘Radunate i Troiani’ - Idamante, Ilia
No. 2 Aria ‘Non ho colpa’ - Idamante
Recitative ‘Ecco il misero’ - Ilia, Idamante
Scene Three
Recitative ‘Scingete le catene’ - Idamante
No. 3 Chorus ‘Godiam la pace’ - Chorus
Scene Four
Recitative ‘Prence, signor, tutta Grecia oltraggi’ - Elettra, Idamante
Scene Five
Recitative ‘Ma quel pianto che annunzia?’ - Idamante, Arbace
Scene Six
Recitative ‘Estinto è Idomeneo’ - Elettra
No. 4 Aria ‘Tutte nel cor vi sento’ - Elettra
Scene Seven
No. 5 Chorus ‘Pietà, numi, pietà!’ - Chorus, Idomeneo
Scene Eight
Pantomime
Recitative ‘Eccoci salvi alfin’ - Idomeneo
Scene Nine
Recitative ‘Oh voi, di Marte’ - Idomeneo
No. 6 Aria ‘Vedrommi intorno’ - Idomeneo
Scene Ten
Recitative ‘Spiagge romite’ - Idamante, Ilia, Idomeneo
No. 7 Aria ‘Il padre adorato’ - Idamante
March
No. 9 Chorus ‘Nettuno s’onori’ - Chorus
Act Two
Scene One
Recitative ‘Siam soli; odimi Arbace’ - Idomeneo, Arbace
No. 10 Aria ‘Se il tuo duol’ - Arbace
Scene Two
Recitative ‘Se mai pomposo apparse’ - Ilia, Idomeneo
No. 12 Aria ‘Se il padre perdei’ - Ilia
Scene Three
Recitative ‘Qual mi conturba i sensi’ - Idomeneo
No. 13 Aria ‘Fuor del mar ho un mare in senso’ - Idomeneo
Scene Four
Recitative ‘Sire, da Arbace intesi’ - Elettra, Idomeneo
Scene Five
Recitative ‘Chi mai del mio provò’ - Elettra
No. 13 Aria ‘Idol mio! Se ritroso’ - Elettra
Scene Six
Recitative ‘Sidonie sponde!’ - Elettra
No. 15 Chorus ‘Placido è il mar’ - Chorus, Elettra
Scene Seven
Recitative ‘Vatene, Prence’ - Idomeneo, Idamante
No. 16 Trio ‘Prià di partir, o Dio!’ - Idomeneo, Idamante, Elettra
No. 17 Chorus ‘Qual nuovo terrore’ - Chorus
Recitative ‘Eccoti in me, barbaro Nume!’ - Idomeneo
No. 18 Chorus ‘Corriamo, fuggiamo!’ - Chorus
Act Three
Scene One
Recitative ‘Solitudini amiche, aure amorose’ - Ilia
No. 19 Aria ‘Zeffiretti lusinghieri’ - Ilia
Scene Two
Recitative ‘Principessa, a tuoi sguardi’ - Idamante, Ilia
No. 20 Duet ‘S’io non moro a questi’
Scene Three
Recitative ‘Cieli! Che vedo?’ - Idomeneo, Ilia, Idamante, Elettra
No. 21 Quartet ‘Andrò ramingo e solo’
Scene Four
Recitative ‘Sire, all reggia tua’ - Arbace, Ilia, Idomeneo, Elettra
Scene Five
Recitative ‘Sventurata Sidon!’ - Arbace
No. 22 Aria ‘Se colà ne Fati è scritto’ - Arbace
Scene Six
No. 23 Recitative ‘Volgi intorno lo sguardo’ - High Priest, Idomeneo
No. 24 Chorus ‘O voto tremendo!’ - Chorus, High Priest
Scene Seven
No. 25 March
No. 26 Recitative and Chorus ‘Accolgi, o re del mar’ - Idomeneo, Chorus
Scene Eight
Recitative ‘Sire, il prence Idamante l’eroe’ - Arbace, Idomeneo
Scene Nine
Recitative ‘Padre, mio caro’ - Idamante, Idomeneo
No. 27 Aria ‘No, la morte io non pavento’ - Idamante, Idomeneo
Scene Ten
Recitative ‘Ferma, o Sire, che fai?’ - Ilia, Idomeneo, Idamante, High Priest, Elettra, Arbace
No. 28 Recitative ‘Ha vinto Amore…’ - Neptune, Idomeneo, Idamante, Ilia, Arbace, Elettra,
No. 29 Aria ‘D’Oreste, d’Ajace’ - Elettra
Final Scene
No. 30 Recitative ‘Popoli, a voi l’ultima’ - Idomeneo
No. 31 Aria ‘Torna la pace al core’ - Idomeneo
No. 30 Chorus ‘Scenda, amor, scenda’ - Chorus
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number.