La Contadina 

Comic Opera in Two Acts

Composed by the 18th-century composer Johann Adolf Hasse

*Collaboration of the Carmel Quartet with the Jerusalem Opera and Piccolo Festival

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Yizhar Karshon Conducter & Harpsichord

Gabriele Ribis Baritone and Director

Niva Eshed Frenkel Soprano

Filippo Rotondo Actor

Carmel Quartet:

Rachel Ringelstein Violin | Tali Goldberg violin | Yael Patish viola | Tami Waterman cello

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Disguise, deceit, delightful success and dismal failure, cunning rustics, gullible aristocrats and Turkish pirates - all these combine to produce a sharp social critique in Hasse's delightful comic opera, one of the mid-eighteenth century's greatest hits.

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