Mitriate, re di Ponto, one of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s later operas, presents at the Teatro Real in a true whirlwind of human emotions, brought to life by a stellar cast led by Juan Francisco Gatell, Sara Blanch, Franco Fagioli and Elsa Dreisig, and conducted by Maestro Ivor Bolton.
Drawing on Jean Racine’s tragedy Mithridate, stage director Claus Guth takes inspiration from the hit television series Succession to tell this story of family conflicts in which King Mitridate faces political betrayal from his own sons, Farnace and Sifare, both of whom are in love with his new fiancée, Aspasia.
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Serious opera in three acts
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Libretto by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi, based on Giuseppe Parini's translation of Mithridate, by Jean Racine
Premiered at the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan on 26 December 1770
Stage premiere at the Teatro Real
New production of the Teatro Real, in co-production with Oper Frankfurt and the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Artistic team
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Stage director: Claus Guth
Set design: Christian Schmidt
Costumes: Ursula Kudrna
Lighting: Olaf Winter
Choreography: Sommer Ulrickson
Cast
Mitridate: Juan Francisco Gatell
Aspasia: Sara Blanch
Sifare: Elsa Dreisig
Farnace: Franco Fagioli
Ismene: Marina Monzó
Marzio: Juan Sancho
Arbate: Franko Klisovic
Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real
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