Friday Night at the Opera - 11/11/11 - Rossini: Il Turco in Italia
Friday, November 11, 2011


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Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy) is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Felice Romani.

Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy) is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Felice Romani. It was a re-working of a libretto by Caterino Mazzolà set as an opera (with the same title) by the German composer Franz Seydelmann in 1788.

An opera buffa, it was influenced by Mozart's Così fan tutte, which was performed at the same theatre shortly before Rossini's work. The opera was first performed in La Scala, Milan on August 14, 1814. This remastered 1955 recording stars Maria Callas and Nicolai Gedda. Gianandrea Gavazzeni conducts the La Scala Opera.


Play List

8:00p
8:00p
Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor; Label: Naxos; Number: 8550240 FindBUY FindBUY
8:06p
Gioachino Rossini: Il Turco In Italia (The Turk in Italy) - La Scala; Giandrea Gavezzeni, conductor; Label: EMI Classics Imports FindBUY
10:00p
10:20p
Franz Lehar: The Land of Smiles - highlights ; Willi Boskovsky, conductor; Label: EMI Classics FindBUY
11:00p
11:10p
Verdi: Il Trovatore - highlights ; Thomas Schippers, conductor; Corelli/Tucci/Merrill; Label: EMI Classics FindBUY
11:50p
Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo ; Label: Naxos; Number: 8550240 FindBUY FindBUY
11:54p
Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor; Label: Naxos; Number: 8550240 FindBUY FindBUY
11:57p
Giacomo Puccini: Edgar, opera: Prelude to Act III - Czecho-Slovack Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ondrej Lenard, conductor; Label: Naxos; Number: 8550240 FindBUY FindBUY

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