Organization

Giacomo Sagripanti

Costume designer

Jean-Jacques Delmotte

Conductor

Stage director

Laurent Pelly

Set designer

Chantal Thomas

Chorus master

Andrés Máspero

Singer

Bass

Alex Esposito

Selim

Adrian Sâmpetrean

Soprano

Lisette Oropesa

Donna Fiorilla

Sara Blanch

Misha Kiria

Don Geronio

Pietro Spagnoli

Tenor

Edgardo Rocha

Don Narciso

Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani

Baritone

Florian Sempey

Prosdocimo

Mattia Olivieri

Pablo Garcia Lopez

Albazar

Mezzo-soprano

Paola Gardina

Zaida

Sabina Puértolas

Teatro Real de Madrid

Opéra de Lyon

New National Theatre Tokyo

Coro Titular del Teatro Real

Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

Chiara Amarù

Italian

Il turco in Italia -  (The Turk in Italy)

Madrid

Spain

Teatro Real

Sala Principal

Il turco in Italia Rossini

Public

Private

The Turk in Italy

Approved

Emulando al Stravinski de Pulcinella, Ottorino Respighi rescató en 1919 la música de Rossini para su ballet La boutique fantasque. A su vez, tres años más tarde Ígor Stravinski compuso su ópera Mavra inspirándose en la ópera buffa rossiniana. Sin embargo –y de acuerdo con su autobiografía–, fue probablemente Alfredo Casella el primer gran compositor en ver al cisne de Pésaro con ojos del siglo XX. Y es que, en efecto, resulta casi imposible no reconocer en el libreto de Il turco in Italia premisas semejantes a las que convirtieron a Luigi Pirandello –también en torno a 1920– en una figura del teatro de vanguardia. Dicho de otro modo: la modernidad que buscaban afanosamente Respighi, Stravinski o Casella ya la había descubierto, un siglo antes, el inventor de los cannelloni, Rossini.

Il turco in Italia es –con su seis personajes en busca de un autor, su demiurgo/poeta y su chispeante partitura– un manjar predestinado para Laurent Pelly, el reconocido y experimentado maestro de la comedia que hemos admirado en La hija del regimiento, Falstaff y Viva la mamma!, entre otros títulos, y quien asumirá la dirección escénica de esta deliran-te comedia en una nueva producción que pro-mete convertirse –otra vez– en un clásico.

español

Following the example of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, Ottorino Respighi retrieved the music of Rossini for his ballet La Boutique fantasque in 1919. Likewise, three years later, Igor Stravinsky composed his opera Mavra inspired by the opera buffa of Rossini. Nevertheless - and in keeping with his autobiography - it was probably Alfredo Casella, who was the first important composer to see the “Swan” of Pésaro with eyes of the 20th century. In effect, it is almost impossible to not recognise in the libretto of Il turco in Italia similar premises which made Luigi Pirandello, also around 1920, a vanguard figure of theatre. In other words:  the modernity which Respighi, Stravinsky or Casella were intent on finding, had already been discovered a century before by Rossini.

Il turco in Italia, with its six characters in search of an author, its creative poet and a scintillating score, is a predestined tasty morsel for Laurent Pelly. The acclaimed and experienced master of comedy whom we have admired in La Fille du Régiment, Falstaff and Viva la mamma!, among other titles,  will  direct the staging of this hilarious comedy in a new production which promises to become, once again, a classic.

English

The Turk in Italy by Gioachino Rossini, From (2023/2023), Directed by Laurent Pelly,, Conductor Giacomo Sagripanti

Credits (Cast & Crew)

Teatro Real de Madrid

Giacomo Sagripanti

Laurent Pelly

Cast

Alex Esposito

Adrian Sâmpetrean

Lisette Oropesa

Sara Blanch

Sabina Puértolas

Misha Kiria

Pietro Spagnoli

Edgardo Rocha

Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani

Florian Sempey

Mattia Olivieri

Pablo Garcia Lopez

Paola Gardina

Chiara Amarù

Crew

Jean-Jacques Delmotte

Laurent Pelly

Chantal Thomas

Andrés Máspero

Ensemble

Coro Titular del Teatro Real

Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

Co-Producer

Opéra de Lyon

New National Theatre Tokyo

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