Idomeneo
is a 181-minute television film of the
Metropolitan Opera
's first staging of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
's 1781 opera
Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante
, produced by
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
and performed by a cast headed by
John Alexander
,
Hildegard Behrens
,
Ileana Cotrubaș
,
Luciano Pavarotti
and
Frederica von Stade
under the direction of
James Levine
. It was recorded live on 6 November 1982, and telecast live in the United States by the
Public Broadcasting Service
series
Live from the Metropolitan Opera
. It has been released on VHS video cassette, Laserdisc and DVD.