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Pompeo Magno
Francesco Cavalli
New staging | Dramma per musica in three acts | Direction: Max Emanuel Cencic, Musical Direction: Leonardo García-Alarcón
Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth
Dramma per musica in three acts by Francesco Cavalli
Text by Nicolò Minato
In Italian with German and English supertitles
Breaks after the 1st and 2nd act
The great general Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompeo Magno) has triumphantly returned to Rome from his third campaign and is celebrated as a hero by the grand lords of the empire as well as by Caesar himself. But it is not the time to rest on his laurels, for at the Roman court, secret battles between love, desire, betrayal, and jealousy are fought behind closed doors and without loud war cries: Sesto, Pompeo's son, desires the beautiful war captive Issicratea, unaware that she is the wife of the presumed dead Mitridate, a rival of the great Pompeo. Yet Mitridate is alive and is incognito in Rome, where he tests the loyalty of his wife and the allegiance of his son Farnace. Pompeo himself is in love with Caesar's daughter Giulia, who has already promised her heart to Servilio. The feared conqueror must now also prove himself as a human being …
At the center of the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2025 is the staged production of Francesco Cavalli's dazzling tale of confusion and intrigue, Pompeo Magno. Premiered in 1666 at the Venetian Teatro San Salvatore, the work represents a highlight from the early history of opera, masterfully weaving together all the elements of the music theater art of the time into a dense and multifaceted drama. Tragedy stands alongside comedy, and deep emotions alternate with whimsical grotesques. Max Emanuel Cencic stages this character- and color-rich play from the joyfully drunken times of Carnival and Commedia dell’arte with imagination and pace, supported by a high-caliber ensemble of singers and the Cappella Mediterranea under Leonardo García-Alarcón, a team of specialists in the music of the Italian Seicento.
A discussion about the production between director Max Emanuel Cencic and dramaturg Dr. David Treffinger will take place on September 5 and 13 at 5:00 PM in the Steingraeber Chamber Music Hall, Steingraeberpassage 1. Admission free.
Leonardo García-Alarcón Musical Direction and Harpsichord
Max Emanuel Cencic Direction
Helmut Stürmer Stage
Corina Gramosteanu Costumes
Léo Petrequin Light
Constantina Psoma Assistant Director
Max Emanuel Cencic Pompeo Magno
Mariana Flores Issicratea
Valerio Contaldo Mitridate
Nicolò Balducci Sesto
Sophie Junker Giulia
Victor Sicard Cesare
Pierre-Antoine Chaumien Claudio
Valer Sabadus Scipione Servilio
Stefan Sbonnik Crasso
Dominique Visse Delfo
Kacper Szelążek Arpalia
Marcel Beekman Atrea
Cappella Mediterranea
