Il corsaro

 

 

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 poem The Corsair. The first performance was given at the Teatro Grande in Trieste on 25 October 1848.

 

 

Synopsis

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Verdi’s Il Corsaro
Tutto parea sorridere
Michael Fabiano, tenor

Tutto parea sorridere lyrics

(Everything seemed to smile)

 

si dei corsari il fulmine

si dei corsari il fulmine lyrics

(one of the pirates lightning)

 

Si, dè corsari il fulmine
Il Corsaro
Oscar Marin