IL TURCO IN ITALIA Maria Callas 1955 ( Complete Opera Rossini)

18142014 Rossini was just 22 when he wrote Il Turco in Italia, and clearly relished librettist Felice Romani s outrageous farce. But the heroine s wildly immoral antics caused some consternation at the opera s premiere on 14 August 1814, and would play a part in Il Turco s virtual disappearance from Europe s stages later in the century. The opera wasn t seen again until 1950, and in Luchino Visconti s La Scala production, which starred Maria Callas as the incorrigible Fiorilla. The production s triumph s