Il Turco in Italia 'Opera in 2 Acts' - Giochino Rossini 'Ramey, Caballe, Chailly - Live, 1981'

Composition Year: 1813-14
First Performance: 1814-08-14 in Milan, Teatro alla Scala
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Performers:
Selim - Samuel Ramey
Donna Fiorilla - Montserrat Caballé
Don Narciso - Ernesto Palacio
Zaida - Jane Berbié
Don Geronio - Enzo Dara
Il poeta Prosdocimo - Leo Nucci
Albazar - Paolo Barbacini
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Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Riccardo Chailly - Conductor
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Recorded: Studio 1, Abbey Road, London, 1981.
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Act: I
00:01 01. Sinfonia
08:11 02. Nostra Patria E' Il Mondo Intero
13:34 03. Ah! Se Di Questi Zingari L'Arrivo
14:18 04. Vado In Traccia Di Una Zingara
19:20 05. Brava! Intesi Ogni Cosa
21:51 06. Non Si Da' Follia Maggiore
26:48 07. Bella Italia, Alfin Ti Miro
33:15 08. Della Zingara Amante
34:53 09. Un Marito - Scimunito!
40:02 10. Ola': Tosto Il Caffe' - Sedete
41:29 11. Siete Turchi: Non Vi Credo
50:41 12. Sono Arrivato Tardi
53:29 13. Per Piacere Alla Signora
01:00:20 14. Ho Quasi Del Mio Dramma
01:01:02 15. Gran Meraviglie
01:07:11 16. Perche' Mai Se Son Tradito

Act: II
01:21:09 01. Via... Cosa Serve?
01:23:08 02. D'Un Bell'Uso Di Turchia
01:30:23 03. Credeva Che Questa Scena
01:30:52 04. Non V'e' Piacer Perfetto
01:33:09 05. Che Turca Impertinente!
01:37:35 06. Credete Alle Femmine
01:44:17 07. Fermate
01:45:28 08. Intesi: Ah Tutto Intesi
01:50:47 09. Oh! Che Fatica! Che Cervello Duro!
01:52:17 10. Ah! Sarebbe Troppo Dolce
01:55:52 11. Amor La Danza Nuova
01:56:29 12. E Selim Non Si Vede
01:58:48 12. Oh! Guardate Che Accidente
02:07:00 13. Benedetta La festa E Chi La Diede!
02:10:15 14. I Vostri Cenci
02:19:16 15. Che Dramma, Son Contento
02:21:11 16. Son La Vite Sul Campo Appassita
02:23:34 17. Rida A Voi Sereno Il Cielo
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Work:
Il turco in Italia (English: The Turk in Italy) is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The Italian-language 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 [de] in 1788.
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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 strangely harmonized overture, though infrequently recorded, is one of the best examples of Rossini's characteristic style. An unusually long introduction displays an extended, melancholy horn solo with full orchestral accompaniment, before giving way to a lively, purely comic main theme.
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Performance history
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Il turco in Italia was first performed in La Scala, Milan, on 14 August 1814. It was given in London at His Majesty's Theatre on 19 May 1822 with Giuseppe de Begnis and Giuseppina de Begnis. It was first staged in New York City at the Park Theatre on 14 March 1826 with Maria Malibran, Manuel García Senior, Manuel García Junior, Barbieri, Crivelli, Rosich and Agrisani. In 1950 it was revived in Rome at the Teatro Eliseo with Maria Callas. In 1955 Callas again starred as Fiorilla, this time at the Teatro alla Scala where the opera was produced by Franco Zeffirelli. In later years Fiorilla has been sung by Cecilia Bartoli.
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Biography:
Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards for both comic and serious opera before retiring from large-scale composition while still in his thirties, at the height of his popularity.
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ATTRIBUTION
Music contained in this video is licensed to: Fonit, Cetra.