Gioachino Rossini (1792~1868)

Il Turco in Italia

Sunday, July 12, 2026
Alexander Kasser Theater
Montclair State University

1:30 pm Pre-opera Serenade
2:00 pm Pre-opera Lecture
3:00 pm Opera

Opera Buffa in two acts

Libretto: Felice Romani
Premiere: 14 August 1814, Teatro alla Scala, Milan
U.S. Premiere: 14 March 1826, Park Theatre, New York

Selim, a Turkish Prince, on his travels, formerly the lover of Zaida, and now enamoured of Fiorilla Vincent Graña Donna Fiorilla, a coquettish lady, wife of Don Geronio Kresley Figueroa Don Geronio, an old, wealthy, weak, and timid man Mattia Venni Don Narciso, in love with Fiorilla Max Alexander Cook Prosdocimo, a Poet, and an acquaintance of Don Geronio Hans Tashjian Zaida, formerly a slave, and betrothed to Selim--disguised as a gipsy Sabatina Mauro Albazar, an old confidant of Selim, afterwards disguised as a gipsy; the follower and friend of Zaida David Freides

Teatro Nuovo Chorus and Orchestra
Elisa Citterio, Primo Violino e Capo d’Orchestra
Derrick Goff, Maestro al Cembalo

Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

The performance of Il Turco in Italia lasts approximately 3 hours including one intermission.