Rossini: Il Turco in Italia 2010
Rossini: Il Turco in Italia
Il Turco in Italia is one of Rossini‘s wittiest but most neglected works. It is full of ingenious and freshly composed invention. It is Rossini‘s first collaboration with Felice Romani - Bellini‘s librettist - on this opera and Romani understood perfectly Rossini‘s love of pastiche and parody. He provided a commedia dell‘ arte scenario that gave Rossini plenty of opportunity to mock traditions he had helped to cultivate in the first place. The plot is delightfully salcious and among the many jewels in the score, the duet for Geronio and Selim, in which the Turk tries to persuade the ageing husband to sell his wife to him, is widely considered one of the composer‘s masterpieces.
Il Turco in Italia is one of Rossini‘s wittiest but most neglected works. It is full of ingenious and freshly composed invention. It is Rossini‘s first collaboration with Felice Romani - Bellini‘s librettist - on this opera and Romani understood perfectly Rossini‘s love of pastiche and parody. He provided a commedia dell‘ arte scenario that gave Rossini plenty of opportunity to mock traditions he had helped to cultivate in the first place. The plot is delightfully salcious and among the many jewels in the score, the duet for Geronio and Selim, in which the Turk tries to persuade the ageing husband to sell his wife to him, is widely considered one of the composer‘s masterpieces.
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Full Cast & Crew... Selim
... Donna Fiorilla
BDS
Bruno de Simone... Don Geronio
... Don Narciso
... Prosdocimo
... Zaida
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Release Date:
Feb 01, 2010
Run Time:
2hr 42`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Status:
Released

Cast & Crew of
Rossini: Il Turco in Italia
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
... Director
Cast
... Selim
... Donna Fiorilla
BDS
Bruno de Simone... Don Geronio
... Don Narciso
... Prosdocimo
... Zaida
... Albazar