Il turco in Italia
Rossini’s sparkling and sophisticated, culture-clash farce.
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About the opera
A poet with writer’s block, an elderly cuckold and his flirtatious young wife (and her lover), a charismatic Turk and his former fiancée: these are the ingredients for Rossini’s glittering early comedy, an elegant satire on opera itself and all its absurdities.
Premiered when Rossini was just 22, Il turco in Italia is the composer at his most sophisticated, a salon farce full of ‘double meanings, hypocrisy, smothered anger, forced smiles and asides through clenched teeth’. Driving the drama forwards is an exhilarating score that propels the action from misunderstanding to conflict to climax in a giddy series of ensembles. The effect is witty, disarming and often startlingly modern – a comedy that breaks all the rules, but somehow still ends happily ever after.
Following on from her critically acclaimed Don Pasquale, Mariame Clément directs Glyndebourne’s new production of Turco, conducted by Giancarlo Andretta.
Central Stalls, Front Stalls, Central & Side Foyer Circle, Central & Side Circle, Foyer Circle Centre Boxes: £260
Front Side Stalls, Rear Seats Foyer Circle Centre Boxes A & F, Circle Centre Boxes: £220
Upper Circle Rows A-D: £175
Rear Foyer Circle Sides, Rear Circle Sides, Foyer Circle Side Boxes 5-8, Upper Circle Row E-G: £140
Front Foyer Circle Sides & Side Boxes, Circle Side Boxes, Upper Circle Slips: £70

Festival artwork
We have worked with artist Tom Hammick to create a series of images to illustrate the six operas that make up Festival 2021.
You can find out more about Tom’s work at hammickeditions.com and he will be exhibiting works inspired by our repertoire at Glyndebourne throughout Festival 2021. A selection of original works and prints will be available from Glyndebourne Shop.
This work is entitled Out of Blue.
Images © Tom Hammick. All rights reserved, DACS 2021
Creative team
Conductor
Giancarlo Andretta
Director
Mariame Clément
Designer
Julia Hansen
Lighting Designer
Bernd Purkrabek
Text by
Lucy Wadham
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Cast includes
Don Geronio
Rodion Pogossov
Fiorilla
Elena Tsallagova
Selim
Andrea Mastroni
Narciso
Michele Angelini
Prosdocimo
Mattia Olivieri
Zaida
Désirée Baraula
Supported by
William Lock and a Syndicate & Circle of Individuals
Il turco in Italia is available to support as a Production Circle and Syndicate.
Find out more here or contact our Director of Development, Helen McCarthy at helen.mccarthy@glyndebourne.com
The music of Il turco in Italia in these performances is the critical edition by Margaret Bent © Casa Ricordi, Milano (Universal Music Publishing Group). By arrangement with G. Ricordi & Co. (London) Ltd.
