Gioachino Rossini
L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI
Opera in two acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles
After Il barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola, Rossini's third most frequently performed opera is L'italiana in Algeri. This titillating tale belongs to the ranks of “rescue operas” - a favourite genre of the era that usually stipulated having a beautiful young woman being captured and awaiting torture or death until her heroic beloved arrives on the scene to rescue her. In this case, a resourceful Italian lass is kidnapped by an Algerian bey yearning for a new wife, and outwits him herself – to everyone else's great satisfaction. The title character, Isabella, is one of the wittiest and most wonderful female characters in the entire operatic literature.
This work is being presented at the Opera House in a production by Máté Szabó.
Authors
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Librettist: Angelo Anelli
Creative team
Director: Máté Szabó
Set designer: Balázs Cziegler
Costume designer: Anni Füzér
Choreographer: Gábor Katona
Dramaturg: Judit Kenesey
English translation by: Arthur Roger Crane
Chorus director: Gábor Csiki
Egy magányos csavargó, akinek semmije sincs – csak a szíve. Egy árva kisfiú, aki minden szeretetre éhes. Egy hideg, szürke…
Az előadás a műfajtól megszokott módon nincs híján humornak, játékosságnak, A mosoly országa a kibékíthetetlen világnézeti ellentétek, kulturális és társadalmi…
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