Opera seria in three acts, 1770 - Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Libretto Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi
La Monnaie De Munt, Brussels, 2016
« Let us not yield to the Capitol, we must resist that pride which still cannot curb itself » - Mitridate, Act 3, Scene 25.
CAST
Musical director : Christophe Rousset
Staging and Costumes : Jean-Philippe Clarac & Olivier Deloeuil
Scenic and Lighting design : Rick Martin
Video : Jean-Baptiste Beis / Graphic design : Julien Roques
Michael Spyres, Lenneke Ruiten, Myrto Papatanasiu, David Hansen, Simona Saturova, Sergei Romanovski, Yves Saelens
PRODUCTION
La Monnaie De Munt, in collaboration with Clarac-Deloeuil > le lab
ABOUT
Today, inside a building of the European institutions. A rebel politician disputes the recent evolutions of the Union. French tragedy, Opera seria, or modern-day politics? Mozart inspires both the private and the political, while inviting us to reflect on the current crisis of the European Union.
