Rossini: Il Turco in Italia

Erwin Schrott (Selim), Olga Perityatko (Fiorella), Nicola Alaimo (Geronio), René Barbera (Narciso), Pietro Spagnoli (Prosdocimo), Cecilia Molinari (Zaida), Pietro Adaini (Albazar)

Filarmonica Gioachino Rossini, Chorus of the Teatro Della Fortuna M. Agostini, Speranza Scappucci, Davide Livermore

The performance of Il turco in Italia at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro is presented as a totally renewed production. With references to films of the iconic film director Federico Fellini “Davide Livermore brought it all together adding the perfect physical comic schtick that matched up perfectly with the musical pace of Rossini’s masterpiece - it was spectacular” (Opera Today). “Obviously the brilliant outcome of the performance is also due to Speranza Scapucci’s conducting, well prepared and highly talented, …” (Il Resto del Carlino Pesaro). The cast featuring Erwin Schrott, “who manages the most intricate colloratura effortlessly with his agile, beautiful bass- baritone...” (General-Anzeiger) and Olga Peretyatko being “the ideal cast” (Das Opernglas) made it a marvellous performance.