Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)

Synopsis

When a wealthy Turkish aristocrat arrives in a humble Italian town, the married women roll their eyes in delight, their rival lovers lose out, and the husbands rage with jealousy. These may be silly clichés, but they are the subject of IL TURCO IN ITALIA and the composer plays with them – quite deliberately. He knows that he is putting archetypes of Italian comedy on stage with figures such as the exotic lady-killer Selim, the young woman Fiorilla, who is chained to the stove at home, but adventurous, and her husband Geronio, who is ridiculous because he is much too old – and relishes the ironic exaggeration. Franz Welser-Most conducts the Zurich Opera House Chorus and Orchestra in this performance of Rossini's opera buffa.

Main Cast

Ruggero Raimondi

Selim

Age : 83 | Popularity : 13%

Cecilia Bartoli

Donna Fiorilla

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Oliver Widmer

Poeta Prosdocimo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Paolo Rumetz

Don Geronio

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Reinaldo Macias

Don Narciso

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Judith Schmid

Zaida

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Valery Tsarev

Albazar

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Gioacchino Rossini
	Conductor	Franz Welser-Möst
Directing	Stage Director	Cesare Lievi
	Director	Thomas Grimm
Production	Producer	Bernhard Fleischer
Writing	Writer	Felice Romani
Lighting	Lighting Design	Franz Orban
Department	Role	Name

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