Verdi's Il Corsaro, an opera based on Lord Byron's poem The Corsair, will air this weekend.
Listen Saturday at 1 p.m. on Classical IPR.
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Venue: Cahn Auditorium
Presenting company: Opera Festival of Chicago
Cast:
Corrado: Jose Simerilla Romero
Medora: Christine Arand
Seid: Franco Pomponi
Gulnara: Alejandra Sandoval
Giovanni: Frank De Vincentis
The Eunuch: Benjamin Burney
Aga Selimo: André De Mesquita
Ensemble: Opera Festival of Chicago Orchestra
Chorus: Opera Festival of Chicago Chorus
Conductor: Emanuele Andrizzi