We attended the Atlanta Opera performance of 'The Italian Girl in Algiers' this evening. This performance was a comedy, and it lived up to that with lots of laughs. This being our fourth visit to the Opera, I find that I always come away with a new appreciation of this art. An interesting stage set, with a large book that opened and closed with the lifting of the front cover to reveal the main set. Which changed at times with using different props brought in by characters during different scenes, and without a curtain closing. Scenes were performed on top of the closed book as well as with it opened. An entertaining performance with great music and vocals.
The Italian Girl in Algiers
"In the spring of 2013, The Atlanta Opera will present Rossini’s bel canto opera The Italian Girl in Algiers for the first time. In this whimsical, madcap adventure set in a 1930's pop-up book, Isabella is captured by an Algerian ruler who dreams of adding an Italian wife to his harem. Once imprisoned, Isabella turns the tables and rescues the man of her dreams. With more belly laughs than any opera should reasonably permit, Rossini’s The Italian Girl in Algiers will charm your socks off!"
Sung in Italian with projected English translations