Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K.87, Overture

Paul Daniel conducting The Orchestra of The Royal Opera House;
Mitridate, rè di Ponto (Mithridates, King of Pontus), K.87(74a), is an early opera seria in three acts. The libretto is by Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi after Giuseppe Parinis Italian translation of Jean Racine.
Mozart wrote Mitridate while touring Italy in 1770. It was first performed at the Regio Ducal Teatro, Milan, on the 26th of December 1770 (at the Milan Carnival). The opera was a success, having been performed twenty-one times despite doubts because of Mozarts extreme youth - he was 14 years olds at the time.

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The date of this opera is 1770. Mozart was fourteen years of age.

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he was only 17!