(Mitridate, King of Pontus) Opera seria in three acts Text by VITTORIO AMEDEO CIGNA-SANTI Music by Mozart (sung in Italian)
MOZARTEUM ORCHESTRA conducted by LEOPOLD HAGER
The action takes place in Asia Minor during the first century BC.
(Recording from the 1971 Salzburg Festival made available by Austrian Radio)
Act 1 Sc 1: The main square of Nympheia; Sc 2: The temple of Venus; Sc 3: The harbour
3.15' During the Interval
HUGH OTTOWAY talks about some aspects of this year's Salzburg Festival.
3.30* Mitridate, Re di Ponto
Act 2 Sc 1: The royal apartments; Sc 2: Mitridate's camp