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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
Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Pompeo Magno, 20 February 1666". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
Clinkscale, Martha Novak (1992). "Pompeo magno", vol. 3, pp. 1055–1056, in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-73432-7. 2002 online reprint, Grove Music Online.
External links
Pompeo Magno, Opéra Baroque website
Pompeo magno, 1666 libretto, Library of Congress