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Vincenzo Bellini, Il pirata

Ouverture

I.1: "Ciel! qual procella orribile"

I.1: "Nume, che imperi, che affreni, il mare"

I.1: "Coraggio! Coraggio!"

I.2: "Io vivo ancor!"

I.2: "Nel furor delle tempeste"

I.3: "Del disastro di questi infelici"

I.3: "Per te di vane lagrime"

I.5: "Sorgete: è in me dover"

I.5: "Lo sognai ferito, esangue"

I.5: "Quando a un tratto il mio consorte"

I.5: "Sventurata, anch'io deliro"

I.6: "Evviva!... Allegri!"

I.7: "Eben?... Verrà"

I.8: "Perchè cotenta io prendo"

I.8: "Se un giorno fia che ti tragga"

I.8: « Tu sciagurato! Ah! fuggi... »

I.8: "Pietosa al padre!"

I.8: "Bagnato dalle lagrime d'un cor"

I.10: "Più temuto, più splendido nome"

I.10: "Sì, vincemmo, e il pregio io sento"

I.11: "Mi abbraccia, o donna"

I.12: "Parlarti ancor per poco"

I.12: "Ebben; cominci, o barbara"

I.12: "Ah! partiamo: i miei tormenti"

II.4: "Che rechi?"

II.3: "Tu m'apristi in cor ferita"

II.3: "Ah! lo sento: fra poco disciolta"

II.4: "Che rechi?"

II.5: "Lasciami: forza umana"

II.6: "Crudele! e vuoi?"

II.7: "Parti alfine: il tempo vola"

II.8: "Sventurata! fa core"

II.9 : "Lasso! perir così"

II.10: "Tu vedrai la sventurata"

II.10: "Già s'aduna il gran consesso"

II.10: "Ma non fia sempre odiata"

II.12: "Oh! s'io potessi dissipar le nubi"

II.12: "Col sorriso d'innocenza'

II.12: "Qual suono ferale"

II.12: "Oh, sole! ti vela di tenebre oscure"

Bellini's Il Pirata

Teatro Real of Madrid - Emilio Sagi (stage director), Maurizio Benini (conductor) - With George Petean (Ernesto), Sonya Yoncheva (Imogene), Javier Camarena (Gualtiero)

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Cast

Emilio Sagi — Stage director

Daniel Bianco — Set designer

Pepa Ojanguren — Costume designer

Albert Faura — Lighting designer

Yann-Loïc Lambert — Video designer

George Petean — Ernesto

Sonya Yoncheva — Imogene

Program notes

Rediscover Bellini’s first success, Il Pirata at the Teatro Real! Alongside bel canto specialist Javier Camarena and vocal powerhouse George Petean, diva Sonya Yoncheva shines as the opera's heroine, recalling the spirit of Maria Callas with her passionate performance. 

The plot, adapted by the librettist Felice Romani from the theater piece Bertram, or The Castle of Saint-Aldobrand by Charles Maturin, set in Sicily during the 13th century tells the story of a young woman, Imogene, forced to marry her sworn enemy Ernesto to save her father’s life. Gualtiero, Imogene’s lover, is banished to exile and establishes himself as the leader of a band of pirates. However, one day while his ship is engulfed in a violent storm, he is washed up near Imogene’s castle. Imogene rescues her former lover and thus reignites their love story. Returning from his expedition and drowning in rage, Ernesto surprises the two lovers and challenges Gualtiero to a duel, thrusting all three towards their fatal end.

Image © Javier del Real

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