Idomeneo
Plot: Opera royalty Luciano Pavarotti brings dignity and power to the title role in this 1982 production. During a squall at sea, Idomeneo -- the king of Crete -- swears to Neptune that if the monarch survives, he'll sacrifice the first person he encounters onshore

Luciano Pavarotti
John Alexander
Hildegard Behrens
Ileana Cotrubas
Frederica von Stade
James Courtney
James Levine
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Kirk Browning
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart