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MITRIDATE (Porpora) Venice 2005 Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Alexandra Zabala, Sara Allegretta, Maria Laura Martorana
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Mitridate
- Composer: Porpora Nicola Antonio
- Libretto: Filippo Vanstriper Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatro La Fenice, Venezia, Italy,
- Recorded: October 15, 2005
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Alexandra Zabala, Sara Allegretta, Maria Laura Martorana, Erika Pagan, Mario Cassi
- Conductor: Massimiliano Carraro
- Orchestra: LA OFFICINA DE LI AFFETTI
- Stage Director: Massimiliano Gasparon
- Stage Designer: Massimiliano Gasparon
- Costume Designer: Massimiliano Gasparon
- Lighting Designer: Vilmo Furian
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Maestro Carraro
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: yessubs, itsubs, gensubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Mitridate is an opera by Nicola Antonio Porpora to a libretto by Filippo Vanstriper premiered in Rome in 1730. Porpora and revived and revised the work for London (1736) with actor-manager and librettist Colley Cibber in direct competition with Handel’s opera house. The London version of the opera was performed for the 250th anniversary of Porpora’s death at the Festival “Winter in Schwetzingen” Directed by Jacopo Spirei, conducted by Felice Venanzoni (November 2017 to February 2018).
The opera was written for the castrati Farinelli, Senesino and the famous soprano Francesca Cuzzoni, the original Cleopatra.