Pompeo Magno ('Pompeius Magnus', 'Pompey the Great') is an opera in three acts by Francesco Cavalli. It was designated as a dramma per musica. The Italian libretto was by Nicolò Minato.[1]

Francesco Cavalli

Plot

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Performance history

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It was first performed in Venice at the Teatro San Salvatore on 20 February 1666.[1]

Roles

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Role Voice type[1] Premiere Cast, 20 February 1666
(Conductor: - )
Pompeo (Pompey) alto
Sesto (Sextus), his son soprano
Mitridate (Mithridates), King of Pontus tenor
Issicratea (Hypsicrateia), Queen of Pontus soprano
Farnace (Pharnaces), her son soprano
Harpalia, her slave soprano
Cesare (Caesar) bass
Claudio (Claudius), his son tenor
Giulia (Julia), his daughter soprano
Servilio (Servilius), her lover soprano
Crasso (Crassus) tenor

Recordings

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  • Atto I Scena 17: Come al mar corrono i fiumi Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón, Clematis, Thomas Dunford, Sarah Van Oudenhove, Mariana Flores 2014
  • "Alpi gelate" Giulia Semenzato (soprano) La Venexiana Claudio Cavina 2015

References

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  1. ^ a b c Clinkscale 1992.

Sources

  • Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Pompeo Magno, 20 February 1666". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  • Clinkscale, Martha Novak (1992). "Pompeo magno", vol. 3, pp. 1055–1056, in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-73432-7. 2002 online reprint, Grove Music Online.
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