Il Turco in Italia - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

Overview

In the bright sunlight of opera buffa, a handsome Turkish prince (with an agile bass voice) lands on the coast of Naples looking for amorous adventures. In no time at all he meets a vivacious Italian girl (a coquettish virtuoso soprano), who is accustomed to flitting between admirers, much to the displeasure of her elderly husband. This little group carries on its flirtations, rivalries and quarrels under the delighted eyes of the poet Prosdocimo, who, as it happens, has been seeking inspiration for a dramma buffo.

Cast

Adrian Sâmpetrean

Selim

Olga Peretyatko

Fiorilla

Alessandro Corbelli

Don Geronio

Lawrence Brownlee

Narciso

Pietro Spagnoli

Prosdocimo

Cecelia Hall

Zaida

Juan Sancho

Albazar