Roger Norrington

Mozart's opera telling the story of the King of Crete who returns from Troy to find his his son in love with the daughter of the slain Paris, King of Troy. Conducted by Sir Roger Norrington and performed by Ramon Vargas, Magdalena Kozena, Anja Harteros and Ekaterina Siurina.

The iconoclastic Sir Roger Norrington, one of the most influential British conductors of the 20th century and a great interpreter of the Baroque repertoire, died on 18 July 2025 at the age of 91. ARTE pays him tribute by inviting you to (re)discover this concert given in 2014 in the rococo theatre of Schwetzingen Castle, where he conducted the SWR Symphony Orchestra.

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