Il Pompeo is a dramma per musica in three acts by composer Alessandro Scarlatti. Written in 1682 when Scarlatti was 22 years old, it was his fourth opera and first dramatic work on a serious and grand subject. The opera uses an Italian language libretto by Nicolò Minato which had previously been used by Francesco Cavalli for his 1666 opera Pompeo Magno. The work premiered at the Teatro di Palazzo Colonna in Rome on 25 January 1683.
Roles RoleVoice typePremiere cast25 January 1683Pompeo tenor Giulio Cesare bass Giulia, daughter of Giulio Cesare contralto castrato travesti Scipione Servilio, loved by Giulia soprano castrato Mitridate tenor Issicratea, Mitridate's wife soprano castrato travesti Sesto, son of Pompeo alto castrato Claudio, son of Giulio Cesare soprano castrato Harpalia, Issicratea's slave tenor travesti Farnace, son of Mitridate soprano castrato
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