Il turco in Italia

About the show

The poet Prosdocimo looks for a subject for a comic drama and hears Zaida’s story: she fled a Turkish harem after being falsely accused of infidelity but still loves Prince Selim. Selim arrives in Naples, where the married Fiorilla falls for him, while her admirer Narciso pursues her. Selim offers to buy Fiorilla from her husband, Geronio, who refuses. At a masked ball, Fiorilla mistakes Narciso for Selim, while Selim mistakes Zaida for Fiorilla. Selim leaves with Zaida, and Fiorilla returns home to find that Geronio has staged a divorce. He eventually forgives her, and the two couples reunite.