On June 14, 17, 20, 22, and 25, Elza van den Heever returns to San Francisco Opera for Mozart’s sweeping opera seria, Idomeneo. Van den Heever sings the complicated and unhinged Elettra, a role she has previously sung at The Metropolitan Opera and Oper Frankfurt.
Her performances of this vocally and dramatically challenging role have been widely lauded, with Broadway World remarking that “with one aria, Elza van den Heever steals The Met’s Idomeneo.” The Financial Times also praised her performance, saying, “Elza van den Heever lavishes broad bravado on the mean smirks of Elettra, and makes the quasi-devil sing like a quasi-goddess.”
Van den Heever joins an exceptional cast of accomplished Mozarteans in Lindy Hume’s new production. Matthew Polenzani sings the title role, alongside Daniela Mack as Idamante, Ying Fang as Ilia, and Alek Shrader as Arbace. Eun Sun Kim, San Francisco Opera’s Music Director, conducts.