Il pirata
Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra
New Teatro alla Scala Production in coproduction with Teatro Real, Madrid and San Francisco Opera
Running Time: 03 hours 08 minutes intermission included
FIRST ACT: 80 mins / Intermission: 30 mins / SECOND ACT: 70 mins
The Premiere on 29 June will be live broadcast on RAI-Radio 3, in Bulgaria and Serbia. A pre-recorded broadcast will be available in Netherlands, Portugal, Latvia, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Germany, Spain.
| Conductor | Riccardo Frizza |
| Staging | Emilio Sagi |
| Sets | Daniel Bianco |
| Costumes | Pepa Ojanguren |
| Lights | Albert Faura |
CAST |
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| Imogene |
Sonya Yoncheva (29 June.; 3, 6, 9, 12, 17 July) Roberta Mantegna (14, 19 July) |
| Gualtiero | Piero Pretti |
| Ernesto | Nicola Alaimo |
| Itulpo | Francesco Pittari |
| Goffredo | Riccardo Fassi |
| Adele | Marina de Liso |
NOTES ON THE PERFORMANCE
With Il Pirata, Vincenzo Bellini made his début at La Scala in 1827, setting the scene for a long collaboration with librettist Felice Romani. Dating to 1958, the last staging of Il Pirata at La Scala featured Maria Callas as protagonist. Today, the forbidding part of Imogene is sung by Sonya Yoncheva, no doubt the most acclaimed soprano for this repertoire, under the baton of Riccardo Frizza. The stage direction is estrusted to Emilio Sagi, internationally known for his stagings of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti and for his capacity to actualize the Belcanto repertoire.
