Il Turco In Italia CD

Il Turco In Italia CD

Rossini

Release date 2008

Premiered at La Scala, Milan, in 1814, 'Il turco in Italia' is a madcap ensemble opera with an inspired score that boasts music of both comic genius and extraordinary beauty, inspired perhaps by Mozart's 'Cosi fan tutte', which was produced there immediately before Rossini's drama buffo.

Set in Naples, it spins a crazy tale around a poet who uses the romantic entanglements of the inhabitants with a Turkish prince as inspiration for the plot of his next play. Ultimately, life imitates art as all ends happily, but not before a planned abduction leads to a chaotic situation of mistaken identity...

Country of origin: ‏Germany

Number of discs: ‎ 2