Rossini: Il Turco in Italia

One of Rossini’s most sophisticated efforts, a comedy with the librettist as a central figure, Turco here gets a provincial performance, singers just able to cope with the score’s challenges. Michael Tanner


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Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:34 pm

COMPOSERS: Rossini
LABELS: Arthaus
WORKS: Il Turco in Italia
PERFORMER: Alaimo, Papatanasin; Teatro Carlo Felice Chorus & O/Webb; dir. Egisto Marcucci
CATALOGUE NO: 101 391

One of Rossini’s most sophisticated efforts, a comedy with the librettist as a central figure, Turco here gets a provincial performance, singers just able to cope with the score’s challenges. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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