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'''"{{lang|it|Pompeo Magno}}"'' (also ''Il Pompeo Magno'') is an opera (''dramma per musica'') in three acts with music by Francesco Cavalli and a libretto by Nicolò Minato. The opera premiered at the Teatro San Salvatore in Venice on 20 February 1666.<ref name="Wiki"/>
'''{{lang|it|Pompeo Magno}}''' (also ''Il Pompeo Magno'') is an opera (''dramma per musica'') in three acts with music by Francesco Cavalli and a libretto by Nicolò Minato. The opera premiered at the Teatro San Salvatore in Venice on 20 February 1666.<ref name="Wiki"/><ref name="TreatriVeneziani"/>


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
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!Premiere Cast, 20 February 1666<br>(Conductor: - )
!Premiere Cast, 20 February 1666<br>(Conductor: - )
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| Pompeo ([[Pompey]])  
| Pompeo (Pompey)  
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| Sesto ([[Sextus Pompey|Sextus]]), ''his son''  
| Sesto (Sextus Pompey), ''his son''  
|[[soprano]]
|[[soprano]]
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| Mitridate ([[Mithridates VI of Pontus|Mithridates]]), ''King of [[Kingdom of Pontus|Pontus]]''  
| Mitridate (Mithridates VI of Pontus), ''King of [[Kingdom of Pontus|Pontus]]''  
|[[tenor]]
|[[tenor]]
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| Issicratea ([[Hypsicratea|Hypsicrateia]]), ''Queen of Pontus''   
| Issicratea (Hypsicrateia), ''Queen of Pontus''   
| soprano
| soprano
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| Farnace ([[Pharnaces II of Pontus|Pharnaces]]), ''her son''  
| Farnace (Pharnaces II of Pontus), ''her son''  
| soprano
| soprano
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| Cesare ([[Julius Caesar|Caesar]])  
| Cesare (Julius Caesar)  
|[[bass (vocal range)|bass]]
|[[bass (vocal range)|bass]]
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| Giulia ([[Julia (daughter of Julius Caesar)|Julia]]), ''his daughter''  
| Giulia (Julia), ''his daughter''  
| soprano
| soprano
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| Crasso ([[Marcus Licinius Crassus|Crassus]])  
| Crasso (Marcus Licinius Crassus)  
| tenor
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