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Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)

Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 28, 2002

Runtime

2h 15m

Genres

Music

Original Title

Il Turco in Italia

Production Companies

Opernhaus Zurich, Arthaus Musik

Director

Thomas Grimm

Description

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.