Film
Francesco Cavalli : Pompeo Magno @ Bayreuth Baroque 2025
Germany- Director
- Olivier Simonnet
- Year
- 2025
Francesco Cavalli's incandescent opera, where tragedy rubs shoulders with comedy, and burlesque alternates with deep emotion. Max Emanuel Cenčić directs a lively production, drawing on the codes of commedia dell'arte. This game of love and chance combines passion, betrayal, and power struggles. The countertenor takes on the title role, while Leonardo García Alarcón conducts the Cappella Mediterranea.
Top cast
Directed by
Olivier Simonnet
Written by
Nicolò Minato
