Pompeo Magno

Pompeo Magno ('Pompeius Magnus', 'Pompey the Great') is an opera in three acts by Francesco Cavalli. It was designated as a dramma per musica. The Italian libretto was by Nicolò Minato.

Plot

Performance history

It was first performed in Venice at the Teatro San Salvatore on 20 February 1666.

Roles

Recordings

• Atto I Scena 17: Come al mar corrono i fiumi Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón, Clematis, Thomas Dunford, Sarah Van Oudenhove, Mariana Flores 2014
• "Alpi gelate" Giulia Semenzato (soprano) La Venexiana Claudio Cavina 2015

References

Sources

• Clinkscale, Martha Novak (1992). "Pompeo magno", vol. 3, pp. 1055–1056, in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan. . 2002 online reprint, Grove Music Online.

External links

• Pompeo Magno, Opéra Baroque website
• Pompeo magno, 1666 libretto, Library of Congress