Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d’Astrée - Mozart: Mitridate (2017)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano | LinearPCM, 2 ch | Dolby AC3, 6 ch | 6.92 + 5.15 Gb (2xDVD9) | 174 min
Classical | Erato | Sub.: Italiano, Francais, Deutsch, English
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano | LinearPCM, 2 ch | Dolby AC3, 6 ch | 6.92 + 5.15 Gb (2xDVD9) | 174 min
Classical | Erato | Sub.: Italiano, Francais, Deutsch, English
Mozart was just 14 years old when he composed Mitridate, re di Ponto, a noble opera seria based on a play by Racine. 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 definition a special occasion. The dazzlingly virtuosic cast is led by tenor Michael Spyres and sopranos Patricia Petibon and Sabine Devieilhe, while the intense modern staging is by Clément Hervieu-Léger, a resident director at France’s most illustrious theatre company, the Comédie Française.
Cast:
Mithridate - Michael Spyres
Aspasie - Patricia Petibon
Xipharès - Myrtò Papatanasiu
Pharnace - Christophe Dumaux
Ismène - Sabine Devieilhe
Marcius - Cyrille Dubois
Arbate - Jaël Azzaretti
Le Concert d’Astrée
Conductor - Emmanuelle Haïm