Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto

Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto

124 mins | Drama, Music | Jan. 1, 1986

Soprano Yvonne Kenny turns in a spirited performance as Aspasia in this brilliant staging of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first notable opera -- penned when he was only 14 years old. The production, set in early Roman times, follows the inner circle of the empire's most formidable foe, King Mithridates of Pontus. Maestro Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the sterling cast, which includes tenor Gosta Winbergh and mezzo-soprano Ann Murray.

Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto

124 mins | Drama, Music | Jan. 1, 1986

Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto
Soprano Yvonne Kenny turns in a spirited performance as Aspasia in this brilliant staging of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first notable opera -- penned when he was only 14 years old. The production, set in early Roman times, follows the inner circle of the empire's most formidable foe, King Mithridates of Pontus. Maestro Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the sterling cast, which includes tenor Gosta Winbergh and mezzo-soprano Ann Murray.
Producers Deutsche Grammophon
Original title Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto
Directors Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Writers Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi

Cast

Yvonne Kenny

as Aspasia

Gösta Winbergh

as Mitridate

Ann Murray

as Sifare

Anne Gjevang

as Farnace

Joan Rodgers

as Ismene

Peter Straka

as Marzio

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

as Conductor