Il corsaro

Il corsaro

117 mins | Music | Oct. 19, 2008

The caption on the DVD sleeve reads “This Is how Verdi should be played!” and I could not agree more. The trio of principals: Ribeiro, Lungu, and Dalla Benetta , offer youthful exhuberance and intensity, good looks and glorious voices. The rest of the cast is equally good. Superb conductor, traditional production, great staging. Anf of course, Verdi’s exquisite music. It has renovated my faith in the totality of the Verdi canon, not only its most performed titles.

Il corsaro

117 mins | Music | Oct. 19, 2008

Il corsaro
The caption on the DVD sleeve reads “This Is how Verdi should be played!” and I could not agree more. The trio of principals: Ribeiro, Lungu, and Dalla Benetta , offer youthful exhuberance and intensity, good looks and glorious voices. The rest of the cast is equally good. Superb conductor, traditional production, great staging. Anf of course, Verdi’s exquisite music. It has renovated my faith in the totality of the Verdi canon, not only its most performed titles.
Producers C Major Entertainment
Original title Il corsaro
Directors Lamberto Puggelli, Tiziano Mancini
Writers Lord Byron, Francesco Maria Piave

Cast

Bruno Ribeiro

as Corrado

Andrea Papi

as Giovanni

Luca Salsi

as Seid

Gregory Bonfatti

as Selimo

Angelo Villari

as Un eunoco / Un schiavo

Irina Lungu

as Medora

Carlo Montanaro

as Conductor