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The third opera by the 27-yearold Sicilian Vincenzo Bellini, Il Pirata marked an important step forward in his career. His first score written for the brand leader of Italian opera houses, La Scala, Milan, it also represented his first collaboration with Felice Romani, the leading librettist of the day.
After its première in 1827, it soon went on to win acclaim in Vienna, Dresden, Paris, London and New York. Its comparative neglect in our day is inexplicable, but Opera Rara rectifies this situation with this all-star cast. David Parry conducts this exceptional example of early romantic opera at its most dramatically potent.
The 3 CD set, studio recording, comes with a lavishly illustrated book including a complete libretto with an English translation by Jeremy Commons and comprehensive article and synopsis by Dr Benjamin Walton.
Vincenzo Bellini: Il pirata
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Act I Scene 1: Coro d'introduzione: Ciel! qual procella orribile (Goffredo, Chorus)
Act I Scene 2: Scena e Cavatina: Io vivo ancor! (Gualtiero, Goffredo, Itulbo)
Act I Scene 2: Ascolta! Nel furor delle tempeste (Gualtiero, Goffredo)
Act I Scene 3: Del disastro di questi infelici (Goffredo, Gualtiero, Itulbo, Chorus)
Act I Scene 3: Per te di vane lagrime (Gualtiero, Itulbo, Goffredo, Chorus)
Act I Scene 4: Scena e Cavatina: Sorgete; e in me dover quella pietade (Imogene, Itulbo, Adele)
Act I Scene 4: Lo sognai ferito, esangue (Imogene, Adele, Chorus)
Act I Scene 4: Cielo! e dessa (Imogene)
Act I Scene 4: Sventurata, anch'io deliro (Imogene, Adele, Chorus)
Act I Scene 5: Coro di Pirati: Evviva! allegri! (Itulbo, Chorus)
Act I Scene 6: Recitative: Ebben? … Verra (Imogene, Adele)
Act I Scene 6: Scene and Duet: Perche cotanta io prendo d'uno stranier pieta? (Imogen, Gualtiero)
Act I Scene 6: Tu, sciagurato! (Imogen, Gualtiero)
Act I Scene 6: Pietosa, al padre! (Gualtiero, Imogene)
Act I Scene 6: Alcun s'appressa (Imogene, Gualtiero)
Act I Scene 6: Bagnato dalle lagrime d'un cor (Gualtiero, Imogen)
Act I Scene 6: Recitative: Grazie, pietoso ciel (Imogene, Adele)
Act I Scene 7: Marcia e Coro: Piu temuto, piu splendido nome (Chorus)
Act I Scene 7: Aria: Si vencemmo (Ernesto, Chorus)
Act I Scene 7: Aria: Piu temuto (Ernesto)
Act I Scene 8: Recitative: M'abbraccia, o donna (Ernesto, Imogene, Goffredo, Itulbo)
Act I Scene 9: Finale: Il suo disegno (Imogene, Gualtiero, Ernesto, Itulbo, Goffredo, Chorus)
Act I Scene 9: Quintet: Parlarti ancor per poco (Gualtiero, Ernesto, Imogene, Adele, Itulbo, Chorus)
Act I Scene 9: Stretta del Finale I: Ebben; cominci, o barbara (Gualtiero, Imogene, Ernesto, Itulbo, Goffredo, Chorus)
Act II Scene 1: Coro d'introduzione: che rechi tu? (Adele, Chorus)
Act II Scene 2: Recitative: Vieni; siam sole alfin (Adele, Imogene)
Act II Scene 3: Scene and Duet: Arresta. Ognor mi fuggi! (Ernesto, Imogene)
Act II Scene 3: Tu m'apristi in cor ferita (Ernesto, Imogene)
Act II Scene 3: Ah! lo veggo (Imogene, Ernesto)
Act II Scene 4: Che rechi? (Ernesto, Imogene)
Act II Scene 4: Io … si … lo rinverro (Imogene, Ernesto)
Act II Scene 5: Lasciami, forza umana non puo (Gualtiero, Itulbo)
Act II Scene 6: Scene and Duet: Eccomi a te, Gualtiero (Imogene, Gualtiero)
Act II Scene 7: Vieni: cerchiami pe' mari (Imogene, Gualtiero)
Act II Scene 7: Trio: Cedo al destin orribile (Imogene, Ernesto, Gualtiero)
Act II Scene 7: Parti alfine: il tempo vola (Imogene, Gualtiero, Ernesto)
Act II Scene 7: Recitative: Sventurata! fa core… (Adele, Imogene)
Act II Scene 8: Lasso! perir cosi (Chorus)
Act II Scene 9: Giusto ciel! Gualtiero! (Adele, Gualtiero, Chorus)
Act II Scene 9: Aria: Tu vedrai la sventurata (Gualtiero)
Act II Scene 9: Gia s'aduna il gran concesso (Gualtiero)
Act II Scene 9: Ma non fia sempre odiata (Gualtiero, Adele, Chorus)
Act II Scene 9: Recitative: Udiste? E forza, amiche (Adele, Chorus)
Act II Scene 10: Oh! s'io potessi dissipar le nubi (Imogene, Adele)
Act II Scene 10: Col sorriso d'innocenza (Imogene)
Act II Scene 10: Qual suono ferale echeggia (Imogene, Adele, Chorus)
Act II Scene 10: Oh, Sole! ti vela di tenebre oscure (Imogene, Adele, Chorus)
Act II Scene 10: Finale: La tua sentenza udisti (Imogene, Adele, Chorus)
20th May 2012
“David Parry keeps the dramatic temperature high, and even if the principals, Carmen Giannattasio (Imogene), José Bros (Gualtiero) and Ludovic Tézier (Ernesto), occasionally force when bel canto is required, they have the histrionic measure of their roles and mostly rise to the music’s technical challenges”
7th June 2012
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“an exceptional performance from Ludovic Tézier as Ernesto – wonderfully sung and characterised with immense subtlety...while Carmen Giannattasio's Imogene is unthreatened by the role's technical challenges, but not ideally alert to its dramatic complexity.”
June 2012
“Bros exhibits the right vocal weight for a Rubini role...[His] agility is only fair, but he communicates with welcome vitality and exceedingly clear textual delivery...David Parry does much to animate this earthbound drama. The LPO, adding yet again to its extensive bel canto laurels, is on predictably excellent form...Musical preparation is impeccable”
September 2012
“Ludovic Tezier is superb, conveying tenderness as well as jealousy and fury. Carmen Giannattasio makes a wonderful Imogene: her cabaletta, 'Sventurata, anch'io deliro', suggests that she will triumph as Norma one day. Another success for Opera Rara.”
June 2012
“Giannattasio can stand alongside [the] great divas. She is more of the dramatic school of Callas rather than the elegiac bel canto of Caballé. Her warm dramatic voice is full of varieties of colour and expression...[Bros] is expressive and vocally appealing apart from a few moments of pressure”
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