Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto

Music, Drama · 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.

Starring

Xaver Schwarzenberger, Yvonne Kenny, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gösta Winbergh, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Ann Murray, Anne Gjevang, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Director

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle