Il pirata
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Il pirata (The Pirate) is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani from a French translation of the tragic play Bertram, or The Castle of St Aldobrando by Rev. R.C. Maturin. It premiered at La Scala on October 27, 1827.
Roles
| Premiere, October 27, 1827
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| Ernesto, Duke of Caldora | baritone | Antonio Tamburini
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| Imogene, his wife | soprano | Henriette Méric-Lalande
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| Gualtiero, former Count of Montalto | tenor | Giovanni Rubini
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| Itulbo, Gualtiero's lieutenant | tenor |
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| Goffredo, a hermit, once tutor to Gualtiero | bass |
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| Adele, Imogene's companion | soprano |
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| A little boy, son to Imogene and Ernesto | silent |
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| Fishermen and women, pirates, knights, ladies
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Synopsis
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