Picks and Pans Review: Idomeneo

UPDATED 01/31/1983 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 01/31/1983 at 01:00 AM EST

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Luciano Pavarotti plays the title role in the Metropolitan Opera's first production of Mozart's 1781 opera, based on a Greek legend about a king of Crete who must sacrifice his son to fulfill a sacred vow. This Live From the Met presentation is subtitled in English.