(Maometto secondo)

Content: Maometto II (or Maometto secondo) is an 1820 opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Cesare della Valle. Set in the 1470s during a time of war between the Turks and Venetians, the work was commissioned by the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. Della Valle based his libretto on his earlier play Anna Erizo. The name of the title character, Maometto II, refers to the real-life Ottoman Sultan and conqueror of Constantinople Mehmed II, who lived from 1432 to 1481.

Countries:

Italy

Genres:

Music

Runtime:

174 minutes

Year:

2005

Directors:

Pier Luigi Pizzi

Production companies:

Teatro la Fenice

Actors:

Maometto secondo

Selimo

Paolo Erisso

Anna

Calbo

Crews:

Director

Writer

Director

Original Music Composer