The Cleveland Opera

Mitridate, rè di Ponto

(Mithridates, King of Pontus)

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A full production, complete with soloists, staging, sets, costumes, supertitles to translate the original Italian into English, and The Cleveland Opera Orchestra under the baton of internationally renowned Maestro Grzegorz Nowak.

Tickets

• $55 Reserved Sponsor Seating
• $25 General Admission
• $10 Student

Tickets are available online here: Buy Tickets
or by calling 216 816 1411.

Tickets will also be available at the door, cash or check.

About

Mitridate, rè di Ponto was Mozart’s first important opera, commissioned to open the 1770 season in Milan, Italy. The premiere was a triumph and was repeated 21 more times. The plot revolves around the ancient Persian King Mithridate of Pontus (an Anatolian kingdom that lies in present-day Turkey). At the time that Mozart composed this beautiful opera, he was fourteen years old.

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Cast

• Mitridate, King of Pontus
  – David Sadlier, tenor
• Aspasia, betrothed to Mitridate and already proclaimed Queen
  – Dorota Sobieska, soprano
• Sifare, younger son of Mitridate, in love with Aspasia
  – Dawna Rae Warren, soprano
• Farnace, eldest son of Mitridate, also in love with Aspasia
  – Amanda Fargo, mezzo-soprano
• Ismene, a Parthian Princess
  – Shira Ziv, soprano
• Arbate, Governor of Nymphæa
  – Amy Yekel, soprano
• Marzio, Roman legionary officer, friend of Farnace
  – Sam Gross, tenor