DVD + Blu-Ray:
Il turco in Italia from the Rossini Opera Festival

Staged by Davide Livermore, Il turco in Italia is object of a spectacular new production with singers Erwin Schrott, Olga Peretyatko and many more.

The performance of Il turco in Italia at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro is presented as a totally renewed production. With references to films of the iconic film director Federico Fellini “Davide Livermore brought it all together adding the perfect physical comic schtick that matched up perfectly with the musical pace of Rossini’s masterpiece - it was spectacular” (Opera Today). “Obviously the brilliant outcome of the performance is also due to Speranza Scapucci’s conducting, well prepared and highly talented, …” (Il Resto del Carlino Pesaro). The cast featuring Erwin Schrott, “who manages the most intricate colloratura effortlessly with his agile, beautiful bass- baritone...” and Olga Peretyatko being “the ideal cast” (Das Opernglas) made it a marvellous performance.

Original title Il turco in Italia from the Rossini Opera Festival
Genre Opera
Recording location Teatro Rossini, Pesaro
Duration 171 mins
Production Company A production of Delirica Studio in co-production with Rossini Opera Festival in cooperation with Unitel
Composer Gioachino Rossini
Orchestra / Band Filarmonica Gioachino Rossini
Conductor Speranza Scappucci
Choir Chorus of the Teatro Della Fortuna M. Agostini
Stage Director Davide Livermore
Soloist Erwin Schrott, Olga Perityatko, Nicola Alaimo, Rene Barbera, Pietro Spagnoli