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

Ana Durlovski (Fiorilla), Quirijn de Lang (Selim), Geoffrey Dolton (Geronio), Mark Stone (Prosdocimo), David Alegret (Narciso), Victoria Simmonds (Zaida), Nicholas Sharratt (Albazar)

Creatives/Company

Music: Rossini
Lyrics: Felice Romani (after Caterino Mazzola's Il Turco in Italia)
Company(s): Garsington Opera, Garsington Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor: David Parry
Director: Martin Duncan
Design: Francis O'Connor
Lighting: Bruno Poet