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 ​---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ​------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ​