PROGRAMME

The Italian girl in Algiers

Gioachino Rossini

Gioachino Rossini

The Italian girl in Algiers

In addition to the famous Barber of Seville, one of the most successful operas by a famous Pesaro native is The Italian Girl in Algiers from 1813. Although Rossini wrote it at the age of twenty-one, he created a brilliant work full of wit, set in the exotic environment of Algiers where Mustafa in his harem desires beautiful Isabelle because his wife Elvira bores him.

However, Isabella is the fiancée of Mustafa's captive slave Lindor, with whom she wants to escape from Mustafa's harem. Isabella convinces Mustafa to join, before the wedding, the ‘cuckold’ order, which is the highest honour for men in Italy. During a rich feast after this ceremony, the couple manages to get on a boat and head for the Italian shores, leaving Mustafa to his wife Elvira.   

scene The Grand Theatre
opening night 5. 6. 2021
last night 19. 4. 2023
reprise 20
length of performance 150 min

Creators

Musical arrangement:
Jiří Štrunc
Conductors:
Jiří Štrunc / Jiří Petrdlík
Directed by:
Jakub Hliněnský
Set, costumes and projection:
Aleš Valášek
Script Editor:
Zbyněk Brabec
Choirmaster:
Jakub Zicha
Choreography:
Martin Šinták
Musical preparation:
Maxim Averkiev, Martin Marek
Prompter:
Matěj Vaňkát
Stage manager:
Petra Kuldová Tolašová

Prersons and actors

Mustafa:
Pavel Klečka / Jiří Sulženko
Elvíra:
Lucie Kaňková / Zuzana Koś Kopřivová
Zulma:
Ivana Šaková / Petra Vondrová
Haly:
Michael Kubečka / Jevhen Šokalo
Lindoro:
Tomáš Kořínek / Daniel Matoušek
Isabella:
Jana Piorecká / Michaela Zajmi
Taddeo:
Jiří Hájek / Pavol Kubáň
Pánský sbor, Orchestr opery DJKT, Balet DJKT
Cembalo:
Maxim Averkiev / Jakub Zicha

We will present the opera in the original Italian version with Czech and German subtitles.  

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