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.

Cast/Performers

Sarah Tynan, Luciano Botelho, Katie Bray, Quirijn de Lang, Geoffrey Dolton, Mark Stone

Creatives/Company

Music: Rossini
Lyrics: Felice Romani (after Caterino Mazzola's Il Turco in Italia)
Company: Garsington Opera
Conductor: David Parry
Director(s): Martin Duncan, Nick Winston (movement director)
Design: Francis O'Connor
Lighting: Mark Jonathan