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.Clinkscale 1992.
Plot
Performance history It was first performed in Venice at the Teatro San Salvatore on 20 February 1666.
Roles RoleVoice typePremiere 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 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
Sources
Clinkscale, Martha Novak (1992). "Pompeo magno", vol. 3, pp. 1055–1056, in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan. . 2002 online reprint, Grove Music Online.
External links Pompeo Magno, Opéra Baroque website Pompeo magno, 1666 libretto, Library of Congress