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Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)

"Zurich Opera House"

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.

Top Cast

  • Ruggero Raimondi

    Ruggero Raimondi

    Selim

  • Cecilia Bartoli

    Cecilia Bartoli

    Donna Fiorilla

  • Oliver Widmer

    Oliver Widmer

    Poeta Prosdocimo

  • Paolo Rumetz

    Paolo Rumetz

    Don Geronio

  • Reinaldo Macias

    Reinaldo Macias

    Don Narciso

  • Judith Schmid

    Judith Schmid

    Zaida

  • Valery Tsarev

    Valery Tsarev

    Albazar

Overview

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.

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