Rossini: Il Turco in Italia (Jonathan Webb) [2009]
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR Auto Pan&Scan | Italiano (LPCM, 2 ch); (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 7,18Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Art Haus Musik | Sub: English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Italiano, Japanese | 162 min
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR Auto Pan&Scan | Italiano (LPCM, 2 ch); (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 7,18Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Art Haus Musik | Sub: English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Italiano, Japanese | 162 min
Il Turco in Italia is one of Rossini‘s wittiest but most neglected works. It is full of ingenious and freshly composed invention. It is Rossini‘s first collaboration with Felice Romani - Bellini‘s librettist - on this opera and Romani understood perfectly Rossini‘s love of pastiche and parody. He provided a commedia dell‘ arte scenario that gave Rossini plenty of opportunity to mock traditions he had helped to cultivate in the first place. The plot is delightfully salcious and among the many jewels in the score, the duet for Geronio and Selim, in which the Turk tries to persuade the ageing husband to sell his wife to him, is widely considered one of the composer‘s masterpieces.
Performer:
Selim - Simone Alaimo
Donna Fiorilla - Myrto Papatanasiu
Don Geronio - Bruno de Simone
Don Marciso - Antonino Siragusa
Prosdocimo (il poeta) - Vincenzo Taormina
Zaida - Antonella Nappa
Albazar - Federico Lepre
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Carlo Felice
Conductor - Jonathan Webb