Details
Rossini's 1814 comic opera reversed the idea of
The Italian in Algiers. Prosdocimo believes that adding a Turkish element into his new comedy would be advantageous and decides to engineer a complicated intrigue between Fiorilla, her worried husband Geroinio and the Turk Selim. Prosdocimo, a toiling poet, finds his muse in the flirtatious Fiorilla and her husband, Geronio. When a dashing Turkish stranger arrives, a comedy of unrequted love and confused identity ensues. Rossini's deliciously layered plot sees games go wrong and lessons learned. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
Cast/Performers
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Selim),
Aleksandra Kurzak (Fiorilla),
Alessandro Corbelli (Don Geronio),
Barry Banks (Don Narciso),
Thomas Allen (Prosdocimo),
Rachel Kelly (Zaida),
Luis Gomes (Albazar)
Creatives/Company
Music:
RossiniLyrics:
Felice Romani (after Caterino Mazzola's Il Turco in Italia)
Producer:
Royal Opera HouseConductor:
Evelino PidoDirector(s):
Moshe Leiser,
Patrice Caurier,
Leah Hausman (movement),
Richard Gerard Jones (associated director)
Design:
Christian FenouillatCostume:
Agostino CavalcaLighting:
Christophe ForeyCompany(s):
Royal Opera Chorus,
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House