The Siege of Corinth by Rossini, Noiztik (2023/2023), Zuzendaria Markus Dietz,, Zuzendaria Yannis Pouspourikas, Theater Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

After conquering Constantinople, Sultan Mahomet is now laying siege to Greek Corinth. Despite their hopeless situation, the defenders decide to keep fighting. When Pamyra, the daughter of the Greek general, wants to ask for mercy from the commander Mahomet, who is marching into the city, she recognizes her former lover in him. Pamyra must now decide between oath of love and loyalty to the fatherland. Rossini wrote this opera in the wake of European enthusiasm: inside for the Greek uprising of the 1820s. He fundamentally reworked an opera originally composed for Italy (Maometto secondo) for the Paris Opéra and thus paved the way for the creation of the Grand Opéra, the great French opera with its tragic, historical subjects and spectacular stage effects