Turkish for lovers
Turkish for Lovers is a singspiel by Sinem Altan (music) and Dilek Güngör (text) using the original score of the little-known singspiel The Benevolent Dervish (1791). The world premiere took place on December 4th, 2008 at the Neukölln Opera . The contemporary reception saw a new genre emerge in the stage work, namely the “contemporary Singspiel from the spirit of the Turkish opera of the 18th century” (BZ).
content
Ercan from Ankara wants to do an architecture internship in Berlin, where his uncle lives. His German family, with whom he lives, soon thinks that he would be a good match for the student Mine. The coupling of the two leads to dramatic complications.
Reviews
Katja Oskamp from the Berliner Zeitung saw "an amusing Singspiel". After the premiere, Thomas Moser drew the conclusion: "A wonderful musical and multicultural evening with a background, relaxed multicultural joke, beautiful music and lots of fun." Karsten Nieman from Tagesspiegel also saw "the great potential of this new form of Neukölln folk theater clearly recognizable" .