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Gioacchino Rossini’s comic opera in two acts<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Performed in Italian;  Surtitles in English and Estonian<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration 2 hours 30 minutes
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The opera production of the P\u00e4rnu International Opera Music Festival PromFest, where the main roles are performed by the winners of the Klaudia Taev International Competition for Young Opera Singers.
The production is completed in cooperation with Kaunas State Music Theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ARTISTIC TEAM<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Musical director and conductor – Erki Pehk<\/strong>
Stage director – Andrus Vaarik<\/strong> (Endla Theatre)
Set and costume designer – Madis Nurms<\/strong>
Choreographer – Dainius Bervingis<\/strong> (Kaunas Musical Theatre)
Chorus master – Rasa Vaitkevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117<\/strong> (Kaunas Musical Theatre)
Lighting Designer –
Kornelija Kondratavi\u010di\u016bt\u0117<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (Kaunas Musical Theatre)
Video designer – Katre Sulane<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAST<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Selim – Sargis Bazhbeuk-Melikyan<\/strong> (bass, Armenia)
Donna Fiorilla – Hanna Tverdova<\/strong> (soprano, Ukraine)
Don Geronio – Taras Berezhansky<\/strong> (bass, Ukraine)
Don Narciso – Yuri Rostotsky<\/strong> (tenor, Russia)
Prosdocimo – Vladislav Tlushch<\/strong> (baritone, Ukraine)
Zaida – Kamile Bont\u00e9<\/strong> (soprano, Lithuania)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The choir and orchestra of the Kaunas State Musical Theater<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Premiere of the production on September 8, 2021,<\/strong> in Kaunas State Musical Theatre

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ABOUT THE PRODUCTION <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event triggers the plot of Rossini\u2019s opera \u201cIl Turco in Italia\u201d. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrus Vaarik: \u201cBy putting this frivolous farce on which Rossini\u2019s opera is based in an even sillier format of modern mass entertainment, we surprisingly found a story that\u2019s very lively, witty, and even moving.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concept of director Vaarik is amplified by the scenography of designer Madis Nurms. In the visual of \u201cIl Turco\u201d, there is probably an element of nostalgia for those who had their childhood in the early nineties. Compared to the designer\u2019s previous works, this production looks more colorful and cheerful, but otherwise, it continues the line of previous PromFest productions \u2013 shamelessly sexy, not decorative, but rather constructivist. \u201cIt\u2019s like Meyerhold under acid,\u201d as the designer himself puts it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In spite of the raunchy production concept, musical director Erki Pehk has not had to change any note or word in Rossini\u2019s score. Everything fits the staging concept perfectly! Thus, opera aficionados who love authenticity can imagine themselves back in time two hundred and seven years ago, when this opera premiered at La Scala, and allow themselves to be carried away by Rossini\u2019s brilliant music. Though the plot of the opera might be quite trivial, Rossini\u2019s bel canto-style requires great mastery from the singers. Maestro Pehk has not had to make any concessions in this respect either, because the production of PromFest stars young talented singers, who are all laureates of the internationally acknowledged Klaudia Taev Competition for young opera singers. This production is a reward for their successful performance in the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performances at the Endla Theatre:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, September 12, at 5 p.m.<\/strong>
Monday, September 13, at 7 p.m. <\/strong>(booked performance)
Tuesday, September 14, at 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The production will remain in the repertoire of Kaunas State Musical Theater after the PromFest.<\/p>", "protected": false }, "excerpt": { "rendered": "

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