Il pirata premiered at the Teatro alla Scala in 1827 obtaining a resounding success. After a while, it fell almost into oblivion, unlike three other great Bellinian operas: Norma, I puritani or La sonnambula. Within the "renaissance" of the mid-20th century, the versions by Maria Callas (1958) in Milan, or Montserrat Caballé at the Liceu (1971), where it represented its premiere, stand out. IL PIRATA Melodrama in two acts with libretto by Felice Romani Ernesto | Luca Salsi Imogene | Sondra Radvanovsky Gualtiero | Celso Albelo Itulbo | Francesco Pittari Goffredo | Emanuele Cordaro Adele | Anna Maria Sarra Director | Antonino Fogliani Choir Master | Gea Garatti Ansini Orchestra and Choir of the Teatro di San Carlo Approximate duration: 3h 30min First act: 1h 28min Intermission: 25min Second act: 1h 10min |
