Francesco Cavalli : Pompeo Magno @ Bayreuth Baroque 2025
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3hrs
16mins
Directed by
Olivier Simonnet,
Starring
Cappella Mediterranea,
Marcel Beekman,
Kacper Szelążek,
Dominique Visse
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Francesco Cavalli's incandescent opera, where tragedy rubs shoulders with comedy, and burlesque alternates with deep emotion. Max Emanuel Cenčić directs a lively production, drawing on the codes of commedia dell'arte. This game of love and chance combines passion, betrayal, and power struggles. The countertenor takes on the title role, while Leonardo García Alarcón conducts the Cappella Mediterranea.
