Being an opera singer is a little like walking a tightrope without a net--no matter who you're singing with, you're out there on stage, alone, for the crowd to cheer but, also for everyone to hear ...

ll pirata (The Pirate) is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with an Italian libretto by Felice Romani which was based on a three-act mélodrame from 1826. This play was itself based upon a ...

Any doubts about Renée Fleming’s current diva status at the Metropolitan Opera are put to rest by the new production of Bellini’s Il Pirata. The Met has never shown much enthusiasm for indulging prima ...

Renee Fleming's debut in the demanding role of Imogene in Bellini's "Il Pirata" at the Metropolitan Opera was one of the toughest challenges this highly disciplined artist has set for herself. And set ...

A primeira ópera de Bellini, "Il Pirata", está em exibição no Teatro Real de Madrid, Espanha, onde Sonya Yoncheva e Javier Camarena dão vida aos protagonistas da história. Em "Il Pirata", primeira ...

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The libretto was by Felice Romani, with whom Bellini was to collaborate on all his subsequent operas except for the last, I puritani. The setting is 13th-century Sicily and the story is a prototype ...