Mithridate

About the show

Set in the kingdom of Pontus, Racine’s tragedy follows Mithridates’ sons Xiphares and Pharnaces as Roman forces threaten the kingdom and Monime, their father’s fiancée, becomes the focus of competing loyalties. Mithridates returns from apparent death, tests his sons’ allegiance, and plans an invasion of Italy; after Roman attack and his own defeat, he pardons Monime and unites her with Xiphares before dying.