Mitridate, re di Ponto KV 87/74a [Mithridate, King of Pontus] is an opera seria in three acts. Libretto by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi, based on Giuseppe Parini?s Italian translation of Jean Racine?s play.
Mozart was just 14 when Milan?s Teatro Regio Ducale commissioned him to write a grand opera seria, Mitridate, re di Ponto, whose libretto by Jean Racine was already enjoying a great reputation throughout Europe. It tells the story of a king and warlord after his army is defeated by the...