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Mitridate Eupatore
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Mitridate Eupatore - Alessandro Scarlatti
Libretto by Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti, from Sophocles’ Electra and Euriphides’ Electra
Duration: 160 minutes
Staged in Palermo for the first time
A Teatro Massimo New Production
Synopsis
In the ancient kingdom of Pontus, Farnace has seized the throne, killing the king and marrying his wife, Stratonica. The murdered king's daughter, Laodice, has been married to the ruined nobleman, Nicomede, now reduced to working as a cowherd, while her brother, Mitridate Eupatore, has taken refuge in Egypt. Mitridate and his wife, Issicratea, arrive at the court of Pontus disguised as Egyptian ambassadors. They promise Mitridate's head to the usurping king and queen in return for peace between Egypt and Pontus. Mitridate's mother assents to the death of her own son. Mitridate meets his sister Laodice and reveals his true identity. Mitridate and Issicratea assassinate Farnace and Stratonica, and Nicomede announces to the people the return of their rightful king.
Program and cast
Conductor: Giulio Prandi
Director: Cecilia Ligorio
Dramaturgy: Paolo V. Montanari and Cecilia Ligorio
Assistant Director: Lisa Capaccioli
Scene Designs: Gregorio Zurla
Costume Designs: Vera Pierantoni Giua
Lighting Designs: Fabio Barettin
Mitridate: Yuriy Mynenko
Issicratea: Francesca Ascioti
Stratonica: Carmela Remigio
Farnace: Renato Dolcini
Laodice: Arianna Vendittelli
Nicomede: Martina Licari
Teatro Massimo Orchestra
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Auditorium
Golden stuccoes, wooden decorations, velvet and glass: the horseshoe-shaped auditorium hosts up to up to 1300 people in the stalls, five floors of boxes and a gallery. Acoustically perfect, it is dominated by the so-called "Symbolic wheel" that forms its ceiling. The wheel resembles a wide flower with eleven petals. Each of them is part of the original cooling system of the theatre, as they can be opened to let the hot air flow out.
Beside the institutional musical events, the auditorium is the place of meetings, dinner and workshops.
Dimensions: 26,50 x 19,75 mt
SM. 450
How to reach the Teatro Massimo
The Teatro Massimo is located at the very centre of Palermo, in piazza Verdi.
It is a five-minute walk from Piazza Ruggero Settimo and the Capo open-air market, ten-minute walk from the Quattro canti, fifteen-minute walk from the central railway station, the harbour and the Cathedral.
By bus Take bus lines 102, 104, 107.
Taxis stop in Piazza Verdi
Parking areas close to the theatre: Piazzale Ungheria and piazzale Spinuzza.
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