«Al desio, non resiste l’acceso cor mio: / Questo caro trionfo novello / Quanto dolce a quest'alma sarà!». Tired of his wife Elvira, the Bey Mustafà wants to marry her off to his slave Lindoro: he is looking to add to his harem Isabella, who has just been shipwrecked off the Algerian coast. Will the spring ardor blossomed in his heart manage to conquer the lively and independent Italian girl? Find out by looking at Act I from L’italiana in Algeri production staged by Vittorio Borrelli. On the podium of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio Alessandro De Marchi.