Details

Dramma per musica in three acts (1770). Mitridate's two sons are ideologically and emotionally opposed. Aspasia, is the intended bride of the king and the love of both his sons, although she returns only the affections of Sifare. The foreign princess Ismene who, after being spurned by Farnace, marries him in the opera's final reconciliation as the king faces death.

Cast/Performers

Robert Murray (Mitridate), Elizabeth Watts (Aspasia), Iestyn Davies (Farnace), Soraya Mafi (Ismene), John Graham-Hall (Arbate), Joshua Owen Mills (Marzio), Louise Kemeny (Sifare)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-santi (after Giuseppe Parini's translation of Jean Racine's Mithridate)
Producer: Garsington Opera
Director: Tim Albery
Conductor: Clemens Schuldt
Design: Hannah Clark
Lighting: Malcolm Rippeth
Company: The English Concert