Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

Overview

Live performance, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, July 2006. 'L'italiana in Algeri' (English: 'The Italian Girl in Algiers') is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca. It premiered at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice on 22 May 1813. The music is characteristic of Rossini's style, remarkable for its fusion of sustained, manic energy with elegant, pristine melodies.

Directed by Vincent Bataillon, Toni Servillo

Top cast

C

Christianne Stotijn

Isabella

Maxim Mironov

Lindoro

G

Giorgio Caoduro

Taddeo

M

Marco Vinco

Mustafà

E

Elisaveta Martirosyan

Elvira

S

Sabina Willeit

Zulma

R

Ruben Drole

Haly

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