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Mozart’s fourth opera – written when he was only 14 – displays all the hallmarks of the fresh, inventive writing that was to flourish into extraordinary genius in his later works and, with a cast as good as this, The Royal Opera’s production takes Mitridate, re di Ponto to the highest levels of operatic achievement. Based on a play by Jean Racine, it is a story of jealous love and political intrigue. Mitridate was performed twenty-one times following its premiere in 1770 and hailed as a success, yet no revival took place until the 20th century. This production from the Royal Opera House was filmed in 1993 during the Mozart Bicentennial Celebrations. PICTURE FORMAT: 4:3
LENGTH: 176 Mins
SOUND: 2.0 DOLBY DIGITAL
SUBTITLES: EN
“After 15 years Vick's high camp production looks dated - Baroque exaggeration decked out with Japanese Kabuki and Chinese Opera. But Ann Murray and Luba Orgonasova are on tip-top form.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2009 *** “This is, unequivocally, a red-letter night at Covent Garden.” Sunday Times | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K87Directed by: Günter Krämer
“A maximum of furious orchestral power...an opera of shattering emotions and volatile hyper-excitement with exuberant passion.” Süddeutsche Zeitung “Krämer is a pantomimic production in which a charade-like alternation of 18th-century costume and modern couture reveals the characters' own role-play as they jostle for love and power. It all makes for stunningly handsome and compelling theatre - though the relentlessly restless activity... is hardly necessary given the dynamism of Minkowski's conducting...” BBC Music Magazine, May 2007 **** | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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Recorded Live at Salzberg Festival 1997 “…Roger Norrington… brings terrifically fresh and incisive orchestral detail to the score. …Bruce Ford it has the best Mitridate in the business.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2006 *** | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K87Staged and Directed by: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Filmed at Teatro Olimpico, Vincenza in March 1986 | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian “Yvonne Kenny was already experienced in the role of Aspasia when this production was filmed in 1986, and here she is musically agile and dramatically compelling. Rockwell Blake is vocally muscular as Mitridate… The American soprano Ashley Putnam was simply an inspired choice for the... trouser-role of Sifare, and the rest of the cast is good. The direction is fluid...” BBC Music Magazine, May 2005 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Mathias Zachariassen (Mitridate), Henriette Bonde-Hansen (Aspasia), Maria Fontosh (Sifare), Kristina Hammarström (Farnace), Lisa Larsson (Ismene), Anders J. Dahlin (Marzio) & Richard Lewis (harpsichord) Vocal Group Ars Nova & Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Adam Fischer Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mithridates, King of Pontus), K. 87 (74a), is an early opera seria in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto is by Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi after Giuseppe Parini's Italian translation of Jean Racine. Mozart wrote Mitridate while touring Italy in 1770. It was first performed at the Regio Ducal Teatro, Milan, on the 26th of December 1770 (at the Milan Carnival). The opera was a success, having been performed twenty-one times despite doubts because of Mozart’s extreme youth - he was 14 at the time. No revival took place until the 20th century. This opera features splendid virtuoso arias for the principal roles. Mozart’s Mitridate is what literary scholars call a heroic historical drama, and the genre was considered the most prestigious theatrical form in the second half of the eighteenth century. “This Danish recording is crisply conducted by Adam Fischer and has outstanding singing from soprano Henriette Bonde-Hansen (Aspasia) and mezzo-soprano Kristina Hammarström (Farnace).” The Telegraph, 24th March 2010 *** “The new set possesses notable features...excellent modern-instrument orchestra, the graceful, versatile and touching Henrietta Bonde-Hansen as prima donna, and - greatest strength of all - the conductor Adam Fischer...here a Mozartian of rhythmic incisiveness, lyrical warmth and a powerful sense of formal shape and balance.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2010 *** “Fischer conducts with a sure sense of pacing; dramatic details in the orchestral ritornellos of each aria are astutely brought out... Most impressively, this performance captures the full theatrical potency of the unfurling plot...I shall be surprised to hear a more satisfying Mozart opera recording any time soon.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 | | | (also available to download from $25.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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