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

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Selim the Turk), Aleksandra Kurzak (Fiorella), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Geronio), Thomas Allen (Prosdocimo), Colin Lee (Don Narciso), Kai Ruutel (Zaida), Steven Ebel (Albazar), Leah-Marian Jones

Creatives/Company

Music: Rossini
Lyrics: Felice Romani (after Caterino Mazzola's Il Turco in Italia)
Producer: Royal Opera
Conductor: Maurizio Benini
Director(s): Patrice Caurier, Moshe Leiser
Design: Christian Fenouillat
Costume: Agostino Cavalca
Lighting: Christophe Forey
Choreographer: Leah Hausman