An opera buffa, it was influenced by Mozart's Così fan tutte, which was performed at the same theatre shortly before Rossini's work. The strangely harmonized overture, though infrequently recorded, is one of the best examples of Rossini's characteristic style. An unusually long introduction displays an extended, melancholy horn solo with full orchestral accompaniment, before giving way to a lively, purely comic main theme.

Original Name Il turco in Italia
Librettist Felice Romani
Date of composition 1814 (1813-1814)
Premiered 1814, August 14th (La Scala) in Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
First published 1821
Type Opera
Spoken language Italian
Instruments Orchestra
Voice (Bass) - Don Geronio, a Neapolitan gentleman
Voice (Soprano) - Fiorilla, Don Geronio's wife
Voice (Bass) - Selim, the Turk
Voice (Tenor) - Narciso, in love with Fiorilla
Voice (Baritone) - Prosdocimo, a poet
Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Zaida, a Turk
Voice (Tenor) - Albazar, a Turk
Autotranslations beta Gioachino Rossini: The Turk in Italy "Dramma buffo in due atti"
Gioachino Rossini: The Turk in Italy "Dramma buffo in due atti"
Gioachino Rossini: The Turk in Italy "Dramma buffo in due atti"