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. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Cast/Performers

Michael Spyres (Mitridate), Albina Shagimuratova (Aspasia), Bejun Mehta (Farnace), Lucy Crowe (Ismene), Andrew Tortise (Marzio), Anett Fritsch (Sifare), Jennifer Davis (Arbate)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-santi (after Giuseppe Parini's translation of Jean Racine's Mithridate)
Producer: Royal Opera House
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Director: Graham Vick