The corsair Corrado, having taken refuge on an island in the Aegean Sea, decides to launch an expedition against the Muslims, during which he is taken prisoner. Gulnara, the favorite of Pasha Seïd, falls in love with Corrado and helps him escape after murdering Seïd herself. Meanwhile, Medora, Corrado’s beloved, has poisoned herself upon hearing the false news of her lover’s death. She dies in the arms of her lover, who has returned too late. Corrado, in despair, throws himself into the sea, while Gulnara collapses, overcome by grief. “Il corsaro” is a lyric drama (“melodramma tragico”) in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on Lord Byron’s poem “The Corsair.” It premiered on October 25, 1848, at the Grand Theatre in Trieste. The opera was taken off the bill after three performances and replaced by “Macbeth.” From the “Tutto Verdi” box set of 27 Verdi operas. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on October 19 and 21, 2008.
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Cast
8 people
Bruno Ribeiro
Corrado
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Lucrezia Borgia
Andrea Papi
Giovanni
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Norma
Luca Salsi
Seid
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Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) - Arena di Verona
The ROH Live: La Traviata
Silvia Dalla Benetta
Gulnara
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L'elisir d'amore
Rossini: L'inganno felice - Rossini in Wildbad
Gregory Bonfatti
Selimo
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I Due Foscari - Verdi
The Marriage of Figaro
Angelo Villari
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Madame Butterfly
Irina Lungu
Medora
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Carlo Montanaro
Conductor
Tiziano Mancini Director · Lamberto Puggelli Director Francesco Maria Piave Writer
First release October 19, 2008 · Produced in Italy
Production
C Major Entertainment
Production
Italy
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Languages
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · October 19, 2008
Premiere · Live performance
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
November 13, 2013 · Physical · Tutto Verdi. Le opere. Vol. 2 (1847-1853) (DVD)
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