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- Gioachino Rossini
L’ Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) (1813)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin for this work but does not supply orchestral materials.
- Libretto by A. Anelli. English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin.
- English, Italian
Programme Note
Cast List:
MUSTAFA, Bey of Algiers: Bass
ELVIRA, his wife: Soprano
ZULMA, personal slave of Elvira: Mezzo-Soprano
ALI, captain of the Algerian Pirates: Bass-Baritone
LINDORO, a young Italian, favorite slave of Mustafa: Tenor
ISABELLA, Italian lady: Contralto
TADDEO, companion of Isabella: Basso-Buffo
Eunuchs of the Harem, Algerian pirates, Italian slaves, Papadummies, Women of the Harem, Sailors
Synopsis:
Mustaphà, Bey of Algiers, reveals his plans to marry off his wife Elvira to Lindoro, his Italian slave. Mustaphà has tired of her and wants to find an Italian girl instead. Meanwhile, a ship is blown onto the shores of Algiers by a storm. On it is Lindoro’s lover Isabella who has been sailing the seas in search of her man. Mustaphà falls in love with her, but she and Lindoro hatch a plan to escape. She stages a ceremony to enroll Mustaphà in the exclusive Order of the Pappataci, members of which must eat, drink and sleep plenty, but above all, be silent. Lindoro and Elvira use the ceremony as a chance to escape and Mustaphà and Elvira are eventually reconciled.
MUSTAFA, Bey of Algiers: Bass
ELVIRA, his wife: Soprano
ZULMA, personal slave of Elvira: Mezzo-Soprano
ALI, captain of the Algerian Pirates: Bass-Baritone
LINDORO, a young Italian, favorite slave of Mustafa: Tenor
ISABELLA, Italian lady: Contralto
TADDEO, companion of Isabella: Basso-Buffo
Eunuchs of the Harem, Algerian pirates, Italian slaves, Papadummies, Women of the Harem, Sailors
Synopsis:
Mustaphà, Bey of Algiers, reveals his plans to marry off his wife Elvira to Lindoro, his Italian slave. Mustaphà has tired of her and wants to find an Italian girl instead. Meanwhile, a ship is blown onto the shores of Algiers by a storm. On it is Lindoro’s lover Isabella who has been sailing the seas in search of her man. Mustaphà falls in love with her, but she and Lindoro hatch a plan to escape. She stages a ceremony to enroll Mustaphà in the exclusive Order of the Pappataci, members of which must eat, drink and sleep plenty, but above all, be silent. Lindoro and Elvira use the ceremony as a chance to escape and Mustaphà and Elvira are eventually reconciled.