Idomeneo

Idomeneo in 6 flicks

king of crete is coming back from fighting the Trojans

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Greeks + Crete + Argos (they used catalogues to subjugate the enemy)

Trojans

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He gets caught in a storm and rashly promises the god Neptune ...

I'll sacrifice the first living thing I see in exchange for better weather

The first thing he sees is his son Idamante (who has been in charge of Crete while Idomeneo was at war)

The King doesn't tell anyone hoping the gods have other things to do and won't notice He decides to bundle off his son with Elettra to Argos Elettra is a sweet Greek princess but has had a traumatic childhood.

She saw her mother Clytemnestra kill her father Agamemnon (and then her brother Orestes killed her mother)

Neptune sends a monster to terrorise them all

The King and offers NO NO NO ... YOUR

realises he must come clean himself to Neptune who says I WANT WHAT YOU PROMISED ME SON (tricky customers those gods)

Idamante still doesn't know why all this is happening

Idamante goes to a garden to think about how to kill the monster and Ilia turns up

WHO IS ILIA? Ilia is a Trojan – also a princess (recently released from prison) and a sweet girl.

She has always loved Idamante but felt bad about that horse stunt and has never let on

The King decides to come clean: it is Idamante that must be offered up.

The populace is horrified

Outside the temple, they all pray

Idamante kills the monster but still offers himself as the promised sacrifice

Elettra is really cut up Then Ilia offers her own life

At the very very last minute, Neptune says “ok - I'll let you off this time but Idamante must become king with

Ilia as queen�

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