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The opera Mohammed II is by Gioachino Rossini and is performed in two acts.
The author rewrote Cesare della Valle’s libretto as an opera based on his own verse drama Anna Erizo (1820).
The composer Gioachino Rossini was employed at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples for five years. During this period, Naples was a real music capital with an opera house and a European orchestra of outstanding quality and quantity. He gave Naples the two operas Maometto II and Zelmira.The opera Mohammed II was first performed in 1820 in the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and, with its very demanding musical structures and a tragic ending, did not meet the taste of the audience. The Maestro Rossini modified some passages of the opera Maometto II, which was revived in an altered form and with a happy ending in 1822 at the Teatro La Fenice.
The Package
Music trip to Naples for 3 days / 2 nights with a performance at the Teatro San Carlo Naples. The San Carlo Theater was built in 1737 and is the oldest opera house in the world. The Italian opera temple San Carlo is a symbol of the city of Naples. Enjoy our music package with a magnificent performance and an exclusive leisure program in Naples. You can select between the essential package and add individual services that we offer with the superior program.
The highlight is an opera or ballet at the famous Teatro San Carlo.
The Story of Maometto II
The subject and historical background of the opera Maometto II is the war between the Venetians and the Turks with the siege and fall of the Venetian colony of Negroponte in 1476.
The opera is about the love of the Ottoman sultan and conqueror of Constantinople Maometto II and Anna, the daughter of the Venetian governor Paolo Eriss. Anna must choose between her people and Sultan Mohammed II.
The Artists
Drama in two acts • Libretto by di Cesare Della Valle, dal suo Anna Erizo
Conductor • Michele Mariotti
Stage designer • Calixto Bieito *
Set designer • Calixto Bieito and Anna Kirsch
Costumes designer • Ingo Krügler *
Lighting designer • Michael Bauer *
Cast
Paolo Erisso • Dmitry Korchak
Anna • Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
Calbo • Varduhi Abrahamyan
Condulmiero • Li Danyang **
Maometto II • Roberto Tagliavini
Selimo • Andrea Calce **
* debut al Teatro di San Carlo
** allievi Accademia teatro di San Carlo
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro di San Carlo
Chorus Master • José Luis Basso
Production of Teatro di San Carlo
Sung in Italian with Italian and English surtitles
Running time: about 3 hours, with one interval
Performance Dates
2023-10-25 ... 2023-11-05
Operas, Ballets, Concerts of the Season 2022 / 2023
In Naples at the Teatro di San Carlo
