Il corsaro

Il corsaro
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Parting Of Corrado and Medora
by Charles Wynne Nicholls
LibrettistFrancesco Maria Piave
LanguageItalian
Based onLord Byron's poem The Corsair
Premiere
25 October 1848 (1848-10-25)
Teatro Grande, Trieste

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 1814 poem The Corsair. The first performance was given at the Teatro Grande in Trieste on 25 October 1848.