Premiere of "Il Turco in Italia"!
Rossini's comic opera "Il Turco in Italia" will premiere today at the Kaunas State Musical Theatre, Lithuania
It all starts with poet Prosdocimo looking for a plot for a comedy, while his slightly dim-witted friend Geronio is looking for a fortune teller to advise him on marital issues. Coincidentally, they meet gypsies, among whom is the wonderful but unhappy Zaida, who is said to have come from a Turkish harem…
This event triggers the plot of Rossini’s opera “Il Turco in Italia”. Sounds like a silly soap opera? This is exactly what it seemed like to director Andrus Vaarik, a comic actor himself, who decided to bring this opera to the stage in a completely original, in his opinion only possible interpretation, where the poet becomes an overbearing TV producer and others are characters in his crazy reality show.
Stage director Andrus Vaarik: “By putting this frivolous farce on which Rossini’s opera is based in an even sillier format of modern mass entertainment, we surprisingly found a story that’s very lively, witty, and even moving.”
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Cast
Musical Director and Conductor – Erki Pehk
Stage Director – Andrus Vaarik
Set and Costume designer – Madis Nurms
Choreographer – Dainius Bervingis
Lighting designer – Kornelija Kondrataviciute
Video designer – Katre Sulane
Selim – Sargis Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (Armenia), Joris Rubinovas (Lithuania), Giedrius Prunskus
(Lithuania)
Fiorilla –
Gabrielė Bukinė (Lithuania), Hanna Tverdova (Ukraine)
Geronio – Taras Berezhansky (Ukraine), Žygimantas Galinis (Lithuania)
Narciso –
Mindaugas Jankauskas (Lithuania), Yury Rostotsky (Russia)
Prosdocimo – Vladyslav Tlushch (Ukraine), Andrius Apšega (Lithuania)
Zaida – Kamile Bonté (Lithuania), Ieva Goleckytė (Lithuania)
The orchestra and chorus of the Kaunas State Music Theatre
Chorus master – Rasa Vaitkevičiūtė
Concertmaster of the orchestra – Povilas Grigas
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Cast
Musical Director and Conductor – Erki Pehk
Stage Director – Andrus Vaarik
Set and Costume designer – Madis Nurms
Choreographer – Dainius Bervingis
Lighting designer – Kornelija Kondrataviciute
Video designer – Katre Sulane
Selim – Sargis Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (Armenia), Joris Rubinovas (Lithuania), Giedrius Prunskus (Lithuania)
Fiorilla – Hanna Tverdova (Ukraine), Gabrielė Bukinė (Lithuania)
Geronio – Taras Berezhansky (Ukraine), Žygimantas Galinis (Lithuania)
Narciso – Yury Rostotsky (Russia), Mindaugas Jankauskas (Lithuania)
Prosdocimo – Vladyslav Tlushch (Ukraine), Andrius Apšega (Lithuania)
Zaida – Kamile Bonté (Lithuania), Ieva Goleckytė (Lithuania)
The orchestra and chorus of the Kaunas State Music Theatre
Chorus master – Rasa Vaitkevičiūtė
Concertmaster of the orchestra – Povilas Grigas
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