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
Sarah Tynan,
Luciano Botelho,
Katie Bray,
Quirijn de Lang,
Geoffrey Dolton,
Mark StoneCreatives/Company
Music:
RossiniLyrics:
Felice Romani (after Caterino Mazzola's Il Turco in Italia)
Company:
Garsington OperaConductor:
David ParryDirector(s):
Martin Duncan,
Nick Winston (movement director)
Design:
Francis O'ConnorLighting:
Mark Jonathan
