Mozart was 14 when he wrote Mitridate, on the cusp of adolescence, beginning the struggle that would make him a man or a mousse. I’ll listen to the Minkowski Ariodante. Hmm let met see… Tito manilio, l Giustino, La fida ninfa, L’Olimpiade & Griselda from Vivaldi(and of course the ones you mentioned above). He has brought Ismene to marry his son – but she suspects he doesn’t love her (“In faccia all’ oggetto”: pleasant but forgettable). I watched the bloody thing for three hours, yet the timer only crept up to an hour and a quarter. Quest'ultima preferisce il figlio minore, Sifare, ed è da questo ricambiata. Mitridate tricks Aspasia into revealing her love for Siface. Before marching on Rome, he will ‘exact a notorious revenge through the slaughter of his sons and of his bride’ (“Già di pieta mi spoglio”). $92.95 / Mitridate, Re di Ponto K. 87 (74a) (Opera seria in three acts). How could an epoch only last ten minutes? The Roman envoy Marzio arrives with an offer of peace. Aspasia asks Sifare to kill her, to forestall Mitridate’s vengeance. The libretto is by Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi after Giuseppe Parini's Italian translation of Jean Racine. So you might be forgiven for thinking that it is a musical curiosity, a museum piece not worth a place in the serious repertoire. Mitridate, tiranno ormai stanco e anziano, che ha sacrificato gli obblighi familiari a quelli di stato, è in guerra con Roma. They will put him on the throne once Mitridate is defeated (“Se di regnar sei vago“: unremarkable; the young Juan Diego Florez sings this as a cameo in Rousset’s 1999 recording). Like a lot of opera seria, Mitridate combines family drama with politics. Surprisingly, it doesn’t have a woman disguised as a man (or, better, a man playing a woman disguised as a man). Nel terzo atto Mitridate è in preda all'ira e Ismene intercede per evitare che Aspasia e Sifare vengano uccisi. The tyrant imprisons both his sons. Edited by Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini. And what did he choose for his theme? Ismene has tried to hang herself; she begs for mercy for Aspasia from Mitridate (“Tu sai per chi m’accese”: boring). Opera seria en tres actes. Arranged by Eugen Epplee. Farnace instead repents; led by reason, not emotion, he will retrace the path of honour (“Già degli’occhi il velo è tolto”: WAY overlong at 9 1/2 minutes). Giuseppe Parini, the Italian translator of Racine, praised Mozart for having studied beauty in nature, and expressed human passions in a vital and lively manner. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Libretto: Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi, based on Giuseppe Parini’s Italian translation of Racine’s, First performed: Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan, 26 December 1770. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Mitridate, re di Ponto, K 87 (74a), è un'opera seria in tre atti di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart su libretto di Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi, basato sulla tragedia di Jean-Baptiste Racine nella traduzione di Giuseppe Parini.Il testo era già stato musicato in precedenza da Quirino Gasparini.. Opera. Mitridate, re di Ponto. Farnace is in chains; Marzio and the Romans free him. Over the last few months, I have, like the young A great success at its premiere, it is only rarely staged today, so this 2016 performance, led by Emmanuelle Haïm at Paris’s Théâtre des Champs Elysées, was by … Aspasia asks for Sifare’s protection against Farnace (“Al destin, che la minaccia”: a brilliant virtuoso aria). The sound quality isn’t great; the orchestra overshadows the voice; and it’s heavily cut, by an hour and a quarter. Mitridate, re di Ponto was premièred at the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan on 26 December 1770. Sifare bids her farewell (“Lungi da te, mio bene”: long, slow, notable only for horn obbligato). Mitridate’s Moorish servant gives Aspasia a cup of poison to drink; she prepares to commit suicide (“Pallid’ombre, che scorgete”: plodding, lugubrious). Mitridate, re di Ponto (suom. L'opera venne eseguita per la prima volta al Teatro Regio Ducale di Milano il 26 dicembre 1770 diretta dal compositore al 1° cembalo, Giovanni Battista Lampugnani al 2° cembalo con Antonia Bernasconi, suscitando entusiasmo nel pubblico, nel Parini e negli stessi cantanti (il sopranista Pietro Benedetti affermò che, se al pubblico non fosse piaciuto il duetto finale del secondo atto, si .mw-parser-output .chiarimento{background:#ffeaea;color:#444444}.mw-parser-output .chiarimento-apice{color:red}sarebbe fatto castrare una seconda volta[senza fonte]). ( Log Out /  Idomeneo, re di Creta (all recitatives omitted):- Sinfonia (0:00)- Aria I,1 (Ilia) Padre, germani, addio! The German – English libretto for Mitridate, re di Ponto can be found here.. Mitridate, re di Ponto – an introduction by Ian Page. Also looking at your favourite operas I’m glad to see you’re a Glass fan to. Aspasia goes off to weep (“Nel sen mi palpita dolente il core”). Sifare declares that he can suffer Aspasia’s coolness without offence, but his brother is his rival (“Soffre il mio cor con pace”). Ústřední postavou je Mitridates VI., panovník Pontského království He dies; and his family vow to resist Rome (quintet: “Non si ceda al Campidoglio”: perfunctory, as Charles Osborne remarked). Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mithridates, King of Pontus), K. 87 (74a), is an early opera seria in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Gosh. Mozart - Mitridate, Re Di Ponto SIG 400. Hearing of his father’s death, Farnace tries to seize both the throne and his father’s bride. If you think that, […] Mozart Mitridate, re di Ponto 1770.jpg 859 × 1,427; 244 KB "The history of music is not simply the history of masterpieces… Posterity is not always fair and can be fickle, and our keenest hope is that the curiosity of the reader will be attracted to a number of works that merit more than a passing reference in music history." Mitridate, though, is a work of decadence. I really enjoyed Serse (is it an opera seria? Mitridate, re di Ponto, K 87 (74a), è un'opera seria in tre atti di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart su libretto di Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi, basato sulla tragedia di Jean-Baptiste Racine nella traduzione di Giuseppe Parini. Il testo era già stato musicato in precedenza da Quirino Gasparini. 2014 Conservatoire de Paris Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Media in category "Mitridate, re di Ponto" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Refund Policy, No DRM protection and pricing is per second. About Us; Chandos Records is one of the world's premier classical music record companies, best known for … Change ). Degut a les restriccions d’aforament aplicades pel Govern de la Generalitat en fase 1, el Gran Teatre del Liceu ha demanat al director musical Marc Minkovski una selecció dels millors moments de Mitridate, re di Ponto perquè, d’aquesta manera, es puguin representar dues funcions en un mateix dia amb un màxim de 500 persones. Listen to Mozart: Mitridate, Re di Ponte by Natalie Dessay on Deezer. With music streaming on Deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your … Klaus Oehl, “Mozart’s First Opera Seria”, Harnoncourt/Ponnelle DVD (Deutsche Grammophon), 1992/2006. Other critics – Einstein and Dent among them – think an opera seria based on Racine was beyond the teenager’s powers. Per ragioni politiche ha combinato il matrimonio tra il figlio Farnace e la figlia del re dei Parti, Ismene; tuttavia Farnace è ambizioso e cerca di mettersi in competizione con il padre, anche nell'amore della bella Aspasia. The plot is almost opera seria-by-numbers: an Ancient World, Near East court; a tyrant; half-siblings, one good, one bad, who are rivals in love (a trope that goes back at least to Vivaldi); the jilted mistress of one of them; and a few battles to spice up the action. Sam Smith. There are two sons: the “good” Sifare (dutiful, loyal; the son Mozart thinks he must be to please his father; the son his father wants him to be) and the “bad” Farnace (the disobedient son who wants his father’s position and his father’s woman, and who sides with his father’s enemy). Gösta Winbergh (Mitridate), Yvonne Kenny (Aspasia), Ann Murray (Sifare), Anne Gjevang (Farnace), Peter Straka (Marzio), with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting Concentus Musicus Wien; directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Vienna, 1986. Mitridate, re di Ponto - Original Version, K. 87, Act I, Scene 10: No. Deutsche Grammophon. ), and liked Arminio and Agrippina a lot. Suddenly, the tyrant becomes a magnanimous, loving father, reunited with the three people he tried to kill. Use the HTML below. Six numbers are gone; so are the da capo passages; and the recit is slashed to ribbons. In esso viene rielaborata l'omonima tragedia di Racine secondo i canoni del melodramma metastasiano. The resultant opera, Mitridate, rè di Ponto, follows the standard three-act format of opera seria. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Mitridate offers marriage to Aspasia in exchange for Sifare’s life; she refuses. 1. Oh, definitely try the oratorio/opera hybrid Semele from good old George. Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mithridates, kongen av Pontus), K. 87 (74a), er ein tidleg opera seria i tre akter av Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mitridate, re di Ponto (též česky jako Mitridates, král pontský, KV 87 (74a)), je raná opera seria ve třech dějstvích Wolfganga Amadea Mozarta.. Libreto napsal Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi na základě Pariniho italského překladu francouzské hry Jeana Racina Mithridate. Mitridate, re di Ponto was his first important opera: commissioned to open the Milan season, apparently on Hasse’s recommendation. This edition: Paperback, Urtext edition. Aphasia (sic) is, of course, the step-mother: a safe way for Mozart to deal with his mother fixation. A tyrannical father who wants to kill his son; who is jealous of his sons’ burgeoning sexual prowess; who takes away his son’s swords. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The lack of private chambers in the production values may come across as impersonal to some used to seeing them in live performances, however the beautiful and very intimate location sets with dark corridors and open courtyards more than compensate, as … Share this Rating. This for me is one of the golden ages of opera. The best works of the type – Vinci’s Artaserse (my favourite opera) and Catone in Utica; Porpora’s Germanico in Germania; Vivaldi’s Orlando furioso and Farnace, for instance – rank with the masterpieces of opera from any period. (Yes, I pinched that joke from Sam Clemens.) ÒPERA EN CONCERT . Opera seria, you will remember, is a historical (generally Classical, occasionally mediaeval) story; the action progresses through secco recitative, while arias provide breathing spaces where characters emote – and, of course, SING. See all productions See calendar Related Columns. Quest'ultima preferisce il figlio minore, Sifare, ed è da questo ricambiata. Mithridates VI, king of Pontus (in modern Turkey), is at war with Rome; he spreads rumours of his death in battle with Pompey the Great to discover if either of his sons are in love with his fiancée Aspasia. Farnace suggests that the brothers stop Mitridate from entering the city; the faithful Sifare refuses, but will at least keep their mutual love for Aspasia secret (“Parto: Nel gran cimento”). Mitridate, re di Ponto was his first important opera: commissioned to open the Milan season, apparently on Hasse’s recommendation. (I’m seeing the Romanian countertenor Valer Sabadus later this month.) Mitridate is victorious – the Roman fleet burns in the background – but mortally wounded. ( Log Out /  The two resolve to die together (duet: “Se viver non degg’io”). Questa pagina è stata modificata per l'ultima volta il 17 giu 2020 alle 23:49. Mitridate, tiranno ormai stanco e anziano, che ha sacrificato gli obblighi familiari a quelli di stato, è in guerra con Roma. Il Mitridate fu il primo impegno probante di Mozart con l'opera seria. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. (Eighteenth-century opera!) The libretto was based on a 1673 play by Racine, and had previously been set by one Quirino Gasparini in Turin in 1767. Opera seria was sixty years old, and had changed little in that time; the careful, elaborate plot construction and strong characterisation of Metastasio, master of the libretto, had degenerated into convention, rhetoric, types, and tropes. Farnace diventa cosciente dei suoi doveri nei confronti del padre; Mitridate è ferito mortalmente e perdona i suoi figli. I never knew you held Vivaldi in such high regard, awesome *high five*, Shame, I can’t convince of George though…. Unable to cope with these unsettling Oedipal urges, the five main characters try to kill themselves. Guards carry the king, dying, in on a litter. He instead advises her to please Mitridate, swear eternal devotion to him, ascend the throne, and let Sifare’s cruel fate cost her nothing but tears. These arias were displays of vocal virtuosity for the star singers (mainly castrati) of the day. In a gloriously phallic image, she wants Sifare to run her breast through with his sword, before his father can. At the age of only 14, Mozart was given exactly five months to deliver his first commissioned opera seria to the opera in Milan – and he met the high expectations placed on the child prodigy, who had initially been regarded with considerable skepticism by many musicians: Mitridate was a great success. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Yay, your’e back! About. You should try his Orphée if you haven’t already, it comes very close to the other two in inspiration IMO. Learn how your comment data is processed. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Aspasia e Sifare dichiarano il loro amore (Se viver non degg'io). As an opera composer, Mozart simply wasn’t in the league of Vinci, Porpora, or even Handel. Mitridate, Re di Ponto (1770) [167:43] Mitridate – Mathias Zachariassen (tenor) Aspasia – Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano) Sifare – Maria Fontosh (soprano) Farnace – Kiristina Hammarström (soprano) Ismene – Lisa Larsson (soprano) Arbate – Sine Bundgaard (soprano) Marzio – Anders J. Dahlin (tenor) Danish Radio Sinfonietta/Adam Fischer Mitridate exists in a different temporal dimension; like the event horizon of a black hole, it slows down time. About Chandos. Librettoen er av Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi etter den italienske omsetjinga til Giuseppe Parini av Jean Racine.. Mozart skreiv Mitridate medan han reiste i Italia i 1770. Peace returns to her heart in a dreamlike adagio; but a frenetic allegro (complete with staccato runs) reveals her true feelings. Classical Opera continue their series of Mozart Operas on Signum with Mozart’s Mitridate, re di Ponto, K. 87 (74a). Mithridates, Pontoksen kuningas), KV 87 / 74a, on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartin neljätoistavuotiaana säveltämä opera serian tyylilajiin kuuluva ooppera. La partitura di Mozart prevede l'utilizzo di: Per i recitativi secchi: clavicembalo e violoncello, Edizione speciale digitale del libretto datata 1770 - a cura della Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitridate,_re_di_Ponto&oldid=113752131, Voci non biografiche con codici di controllo di autorità, licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo. The libretto is by Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi after Giuseppe Parini's Italian translation of Jean Racine. And the opera ends with the death of the father, succeeded – supplanted! Mozart wrote Mitridate while touring Italy in 1770. Insert “the 14-year-old”, if you prefer.). Nel quintetto finale Sifare, Aspasia, Farnace, Ismene e Arbate, Non si ceda al Campidoglio, dichiarano la loro intenzione di vendicarsi dei romani e combattere quelli che pretendono di togliere la libertà al mondo intero. Mitridate learns that Farnace, believing his father dead, offered throne and marriage to Aspasia, but is relieved to hear that the dutiful Sifare has shown no signs of love for Aspasia. Mitridate tells her Farnace will die; why not marry Siface? Sifare (rescued by Ismene) stops her in time, and goes off to fight next to his father (“Se il rigor d’ingrata sorte”: uninspired). Mitridate, re di Ponto. La finta semplice (The Fake Innocent), K. 51 (46a) is an opera buffa in three acts for seven voices and orchestra, composed in 1768 by then 12-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.Young Mozart and his father Leopold were spending the year in Vienna, where Leopold was trying to establish his son as an opera composer. (Now there’s an arresting opening. Think of the insane acrobatics of Rossini – then multiply tenfold. Sifare or Xiphares, Mitridate's son (soprano castrato) Aspasia, the Queen, pledged in marriage to Mitridate (soprano) Farnace or Pharnaces, Mitridate's eldest son (alto castrato) Marzio or Marcius, Roman legionary officer (tenor) Mitridate, King of Pontus (tenor) Ismene, Parthian Princess (soprano) Orchestra 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons – by his sons. MITRIDATE, re di Ponto. Cecilia Bartoli (Sifare), Natalie Dessay (Aspasia), Giuseppe Sabbatini (Mitridate), Brian Asawa (Farnace), with Christophe Rousset conducting Les Talens Lyriques, Decca, 1999. Mitridate, Re di Ponto2017-06-284.0Reviewer's Ratingitridate is an opera seria written by Mozart when he was a 14 year old, learning his trade and flexing his creative muscles. モーツァルト14歳『ポントの王ミトリダーテ』序曲／ミンコフスキMozart / "Mitridate, re di Ponto" overture / Minkowski / Salzburger Festspiele / 2006 For 4 soprano voice solos, alto voice solo, 2 tenor voice solos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, bassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, harpsichord, strings. Per ragioni politiche ha combinato il matrimonio tra il figlio Farnace e la figlia del re dei Parti, Ismene; tuttavia Farnace è ambizioso e cerca di mettersi in competizione con il padre, anche nell'amore della bella Aspasia. Despite a difficult rehearsal period and demanding singers, Mitridate was a triumph. The king suspects Farnace of treachery (siding with the Romans). Meyerbeer, wandered “bewitched in a magic garden”. “Curse the 18th century!” Shot in the Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, it’s beautiful to look at – but gad, it’s boring. Ouverture. This is also the age that produced the greatest aria of all time: the wonderfully flamboyant “Vo solcando un mar crudele”. Mozart’s first great operatic success premièred at the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan on 26 Dec 1770, marking the culmination of Mozart’s first trip to Italy. ( Log Out /  Solo sei anni più tardi il teatro sarebbe bruciato per essere poi riedificato in quello che è l'attuale Teatro alla Scala. He vows vengeance on Farnace in the thrilling “Quel ribello e quell’ingrato”. Mitradate Re Di Ponto is no exception. Mozart wrote Mitridate while touring Italy in 1770. The Roman army attacks the city walls. There’s an exquisite recording with Kathleen Battle, too bad it’s not on period instruments but with singing like that I don’t care! The king shares his suspicion that Aspasia is Farnace’s lover with Siface; he orders him to remind her of her duty, and warns her to beware his anger (“Tu che fedel mi sei”). Mitridate arrives with Ismene, formerly betrothed to Farnace. He was acting on a suggested request from the Emperor Joseph II that the young … Some claim that it is Mozart’s first masterpiece; some even claim that it is a better opera seria than Idomeneo or La clemenza di Tito. What are the others you recommend, that I haven’t heard? Farnace conspires with his Roman ally Marzio (“Venga pur, minacca e frema”: dull). 2016 Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He announces he will avenge his defeat by marching on the Capitol itself; Farnace, as Ismene’s husband, will march with him. Pompey defeated the king on the battlefield; he does not return victorious, but at least he has not been disgraced (“Se di lauri il crine adorno”). Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mithridates, King of Pontus), K. 87 (74a), is an early opera seria in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Some of the individual numbers (three, perhaps five, out of 23) are wonderful, but the opera as a whole exerts a powerful tedium. Mitridate tries to kill his bride and sons; they survive; he kills himself instead. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s 1987 film version had me uttering expletives. Download Classical Music in lossless High Resolution FLAC & MP3 formats, and learn about Classical Music. Ah yes, also Partenope(a nice light hearted work) almost on the same level Serse. Mitridate then slumbered for two centuries, not revived until 1971, in Salzburg. Nel secondo atto Farnace confessa tutto al padre (Son reo, l'error confesso) e viene imprigionato (Già di pietà mi spoglio). Aspasia reveals to Sifare that she loves him, but orders him to be gone (honour before love). Both do, but she only loves his younger son, Sifare. Learning that he arrived with Farnace, Mitridate arrests his son. (Everyone hates Farnace.) He has stabbed himself rather than surrender to the Romans. “Evviva il maestro!” shouted the Milanese, who saw the opera 21 more times, not fazed by its six-hour running time (including an interpolated ballet). Swede Gösta Winbergh is excellent as Mitridate; so is Yvonne Kenny (Australia’s second-best soprano) as Aspasia. Then there are the rapturously beautiful or thrilling arias performed by Franco Fagioli, Max Emanuel Cencic, Philippe Jaroussky, and Cecilia Bartoli. Worse, it seemed to make time run backwards. Mozart was just 14 years old when he composed Mitridate, re di Ponto, a noble opera seria based on a play by Racine. I listen to it every day. 8, Cavata, "Se di lauri il crine adorno” (Mitridate) By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Classical Opera Company , Ian Page , Barry Banks Mitridate, re di Ponto at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Ismene learns that Farnace no longer loves her; she threatens to go to Mitridate – but he warns her she could regret her revenge (“Va, l’error mia palesa”: short, uninteresting). The libretto was based on a 1673 play by Racine, and had previously been set by one Quirino Gasparini in Turin in 1767. Ismene implores the king to be calm (“Se quanto a te dispiace”: florid, with seven bars of vocalises on the word ‘pace’). Sen libreton on kirjoittanut Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi pohjautuen Jean Racine'en tragediaan Mithridate.Teos kantaesitettiin Milanossa tapaninpäivänä 1770 Nel contempo i romani, guidati da Marzio, sbarcano a Ninfea e liberano Farnace, promettendogli il trono del padre se li aiuterà (Se di regnar sei vago). Aspasia tries to forget Siface, but is caught between love and duty. "Là ci darem la mano" (Italian for "There we will give each other our hands") is a duet for the characters Don Giovanni and Zerlina in Mozart's 1787 opera Don Giovanni (act 1, scene 9). “Nel grave tormento” is the best aria in the opera. Title: Mitridate, re di Ponto (TV Movie 1993) 8.4 /10. ( Log Out /  The Thanatos urge! Based on a play by Jean Racine, Mitridate, re di Ponto is an early Mozart opera that premiered in December 1770. Arbate, the town’s governor, tells them that Mithridates has survived, and is on his way, and urges peace between the brothers (“L’odio nel cor frenate”). Certainly, nobody should judge opera seria – at its height, a form of great beauty, power, and exhilarating vocal virtuosity – from Mozart’s attempt. Farnace tries to force Aspasia to marry him; Sifare prevents him. La trama è incentrata sul conflitto tra Mitridate, re del Ponto, ed i suoi figli, che gli contendono l'amore della bella Aspasia. Farnace admits his guilt, but reveals that Sifare loves Aspasia too (“Son reo; l’error confesso”). Mitridate prepares for battle; he goes to meet his fate – but Aspasia will precede him in death (“Vado incontro al fato estremo”: energetic, lots of high notes). – Vincent Giroud. There is almost no action, characterisation … or inspiration. I’ll check it out – in a couple of centuries! Llibret de Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi basat en la tragèdia Mithridate de Jean-Baptiste Racine a partir de la traducció a l'italià de Giuseppe Parini.
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