Opera on 3: Mitridate, Re di Ponto

Martin Handley introduces Mozart's Mitridate, Re di Ponto, recorded in 2017 at the Royal Opera House in London. Mozart was 14 when he wrote this early opera seria masterpiece, telling the tragic story of the King of Ponto, a warrior whose sons Farnace and Sifare are in love with his fiancée Aspasia, which leaves them torn between loyalty to him or betrayal with the enemy. During the interval there is a tribute to Graham Vick. Michael Spyres (Mitridate: tenor), Albina Shagimuratova (Aspasia: soprano), Salome Jicia (Sifare: soprano), Bejun Mehta (Farnace: treble), Lucy Crowe (Ismene: soprano), Rupert Charlesworth (Marzio: tenor), Jennifer Davis (Abate: soprano), Royal Opera House Chorus, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Christophe Rousset (conductor)