Gioacchino Rossini, Il Turco in Italia in Barcelona

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Enjoy one of the most famous comedies by Rossini, Il Turco in Italia, at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, in the heart of Barcelona.

An intricate, fast‐moving, light‐hearted comic plot and a diabolical tempo: these are the hallmarks of Rossini's brilliant score.

This production of Il turco in Italia (Milan, 1814) -- one of the Turqueries fashionable in Rossini's time -- will be the first ever seen at the Liceu. The action is set in Naples, where the poet Prosdocimo is searching for a subject for a play (for this reason the opera has been considered «Pirandellian»). It centres on the romance between the Turkish prince Selim and his favourite concubine, the gypsy Zaida, and on Fiorilla -- a frivolous coquette with a passion for pleasing --  who is married to Don Geronio and has a devoted admirer in Narciso. The Turk falls for Fiorilla but in the end, after numerous misunderstandings sparked off by the characters' cross‐dressing, everything turns out well: the lovers are reconciled and Fiorilla resolves to try to be more circumspect. 

Cast:
Nino Machaidze, Ildebrando d’Arcangelo, Renato Girolami, Pietro Spagnoli, David Alegret, Marisa Martins, Albert Casals and others.

Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Conductor: Víctor Pablo Pérez
Stage direction: Christof Loy
Scenography: Herbert Murauer
Costumes: Herbert Murauer
Lighting: Reinhard Traub
Choreography: Jacqueline Davenport

Production:
Bayerische Staatsoper (München)




In some areas of the Gran Teatre del Liceu it is possible to be seated with a partially obstructed view of the stage. The Gran Teatre del Liceu recommends Zone 2 for the finest and completely unobstructed view of the performance. The stage is not visable from seats starting in row 2 of Zone 8.  A monitor is provided for following the performance in this section. Only available for operas.