Il corsaro

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Operas by Giuseppe Verdi

Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio (1839) Un giorno di regno (1840) Nabucco (1842) I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1843) Ernani (1844) I due Foscari (1844) Giovanna d'Arco (1845) Alzira (1845) Attila (1846) Macbeth (1847) I masnadieri (1847) Jérusalem (1847) Il corsaro (1848) La battaglia di Legnano (1849) Luisa Miller (1849) Stiffelio (1850) Rigoletto (1851) Il trovatore (1853) La traviata (1853) Les vêpres siciliennes (1855) Simon Boccanegra (1857) Aroldo (1857) Un ballo in maschera (1859) La forza del destino (1862) Don Carlos (1867) Aida (1871) Otello (1887) Falstaff (1893)

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. First performance: Teatro Grande, Trieste, October 25, 1848.

The Australian premiere of the work was given on Saturday 11th November 2006, by Melbourne City Opera, at the Melba Hall in a concert performance. The cast were: Gulnara, Suzanne Donald; Medora, Suzanne Shakespeare; Corrado, Joseph Talia; Seid, Manfred Polhenz; Gianni, Lucio Coceani. The orchestra and chorus were directed by Erich Fackert.

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