Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)
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.
Year: 2002
Genre: Music
Studio: Opernhaus Zurich, Arthaus Musik
Director: Thomas Grimm
Cast: Ruggero Raimondi, Cecilia Bartoli, Oliver Widmer, Paolo Rumetz, Reinaldo Macias, Judith Schmid
Crew: Franz Orban (Lighting Design), Franz Welser-Möst (Conductor), Gioacchino Rossini (Original Music Composer), Felice Romani (Writer), Bernhard Fleischer (Producer), Cesare Lievi (Stage Director)
Runtime: 135 minutes
Release: Apr 28, 2002
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Popularity: 1
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Language: Italiano
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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