Old Music News of article 314565 for 2006-12-18

Berlin opera house re-stages 'Idomeneo'

AP - A production of Mozart's opera "Idomeneo," dropped for fear of a Muslim backlash over a scene with the severed head of the Prophet Muhammad, returned to the stage under heavy security Monday at Berlin's Deutsche Oper.

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