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Opera on 3: The Turk in Italy

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As part of English National Opera's Italian Season, David Fielding's new production of Rossini's witty comedy is presented live in a new English translation by Kit Hesketh-Harvey. The opera is a tale of amorous goings-on between the flighty young heroine - already involved in a menage a trois - and a dashing young Turk.
English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor David Parry Rossini
The Turk in Italy Act 1

7.30 Twenty Minutes: the Turk in Europe
Simon Townley looks at the significance of "the Turk" in the artistic and musical life of the 18th and 19th centuries and contrasts Western artifice with Ottoman reality.

7.50 Act 2

Contributors

Conductor:
David Parry
Fiorilla:
Judith Howarth (soprano)
Selim:
Jeremy White (bass)
Geronio:
Donald Maxwell ( Baritone)
Narciso:
Toby Spence (tenor)
Prosdocimo:
Thomas Allen (baritone)
Zaida:
Victoria Simmonds (soprano)
Albazar:
Ryland Davies (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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