L' Italiana in Algeri

Rossini's brilliantly comic 19th-century opera is revitalized with this lush 2006 production conducted by Riccardo Frizza in Aix-en-Provence, France. L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI, notable for its bold mixture of opera seria (dramatic) and opera buffa (comedic) styles, is about a royal Bey who gets more than he bargained for when he demands to take feisty Isabella, the Italian girl of the title, as a lover. This lively version features the talents of Maxim Mironoc, Marco Vinco, Ruben Drole, and popular BBC Young Generation Artist Christianne Stotijn as Isabella.