Il corsaro (The Corsair) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, from a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on Lord Byron's 1814 poem The Corsair.
1° An opera inspired by Lord Byron. Fascinated by the long poem The Corsair by the English poet Lord Byron, Verdi seriously considers making it the basis of ...
This performance is simply superlative, quite perfect. It is a 1975 studio recording, in London; it has been reissued many times on CD - the present one in 2013 ...
General Information · Cast. Corrado, Capitano dei Corsari (tenor) Giovanni, Corsaro (bass) Medora, giovane amante di Corrado (soprano) · Mixed Chorus. Corsari, ...
Il Corsaro is the step-child in the Verdi canon of operas. I was completed to fulfill a contract obligation to the publisher Lucca who was about to sue Verdi ...