Il turco in Italia
12 - 30 October
When the poet Prosdocimo finds himself wrestling with writer’s block, he vows to take inspiration from the people around him. From a flirtatious young wife (and her lover) to a charismatic Turk and his former fiancée, the stage is set for a comic opera that sparkles with wit and sophisticated silliness.
A revival of the 2021 Festival production. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Creative team
Conductor
Olivia Clarke
Director
Mariame Clément
Revival Director
Ian Rutherford
Designer
Julia Hansen
Lighting Designer
Bernd Purkrabek
Text by
Lucy Wadham
Video Design
David Fricker
Glyndebourne Sinfonia
Leader Richard Milone
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Chorus Director Aidan Oliver
Assistant Conductor
Avishka Edirisinghe
Music Preparation
David Doidge
Matthew Fletcher
Kate Golla
Language Coaches
Caterina Galiotto
Alessandra Testai
Assistant Director
Talia Stern
Cast includes
Zaida
Grace Durham
Albazar
Rhys Batt
Prosdocimo
Ross Ramgobin
Don Geronio
Fabio Capitanucci
Donna Fiorilla
Inna Demenkova
Selim
Michael Mofidian
Don Narciso
Agustín Gómez
Girlfriend
Anna-Marie Sullivan
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.
Photo gallery
Photos by Tristram Kenton
Performance timings
Dates: 12, 17, 19, 25, 27 & 30 October
Grounds open: 2.00pm
Opera starts: 4.00pm
Interval (30 mins): 5.30pm
Opera resumes: 6.00pm
Opera ends: 7.05pm
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