Name: Il pirata
Start: 2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opernhaus

Organization

Singer

Baritone

Konstantin Shushakov

Ernesto

Bass

Stanislav Vorobyov

Goffredo

Conductor

Iván López-Reynoso

Chorus master

Janko Kastelic

Libretto

Felice Romani

Soprano

Irina Lungu

Imogene

Tenor

Luis Magallanes

Itulbo

Stage director

Natascha Ursuliak

Andrew Owens

Gualtiero

Thomas Erlank

Irène Friedli

Adele

Opernhaus Zürich

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Philharmonia Zürich

Italian

Il pirata -  (The Pirate)

Zurich

Switzerland

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The Pirate

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Vincenzo Bellini achieved his artistic breakthrough with Il pirata . After his first successes in Naples, the composer, who was only 25 years old, was commissioned to write this opera for La Scala in Milan, where the premiere in 1827 was a great success. With the literary template by Charles Robert Maturin, which belongs to the genre of the horror novel, Bellini met the taste of the time: eerie scenes in gloomy night, cruel male rivalries and the tragic fate of ethereal female characters came with Bellini's work also on the opera stage Fashion. In this regard, Imogene, the soprano role, is a predecessor of Donizetti's famous Lucia di Lammermoor.

The action takes place in Bellini's homeland, Sicily: Gualtiero, who had to flee for political reasons and has lived as a pirate ever since, is shipwrecked and recognizes his former lover in his savior, Imogene. But Imogene married his mortal enemy Ernesto during Gualtiero's absence. In the battle between the two rivals, Gualtiero kills Ernesto. When he is sentenced to death, Imogene goes mad. Not only did Bellini create the prototype of the romantic opera with this work, so to speak, with the choice of the material, he also introduced a new, lyrical tone musically with his wide-ranging melodies.

In our concert performance of this Bellini opera, Zurich audience favorite Javier Camarena can be seen as the pirate Gualtiero. The Russian coloratura soprano Albina Shagimuratova, internationally celebrated as Queen of the Night, Konstanze and Lucia di Lammermoor, sings the role of Imogene, while ensemble member Konstantin Shushakov is Ernesto.

Il pirata
Mit Il pirata gelang Vincenzo Bellini der künstlerische Durchbruch. Nach ersten Erfolgen in Neapel erhielt der erst 25-jährige Komponist den Auftrag zu dieser Oper für die Mailänder Scala, wo die Uraufführung 1827 ein grosser Erfolg war. Mit der literarischen Vorlage von Charles Robert Maturin, die zum Genre des Schauerromans gehört, traf Bellini den Geschmack der damaligen Zeit: unheimliche Schauplätze in düsterer Nacht, grausame Männer-Rivalitäten und die tragischen Schicksale ätherischer Frauenfiguren kamen mit diesem Werk Bellinis auch auf der Opernbühne in Mode. Imogene, die Sopranrolle, ist diesbezüglich eine Vorgängerin von Donizettis berühmter Lucia di Lammermoor.

Die Handlung spielt in Bellinis Heimat, Sizilien: Gualtiero, der aus politischen Gründen fliehen musste und seither als Pirat lebt, erleidet Schiffbruch und erkennt in seiner Retterin Imogene die ehemalige Geliebte wieder. Doch Imogene hat während Gualtieros Abwesenheit dessen Todfeind Ernesto geheiratet. Im Kampf zwischen den beiden Rivalen tötet Gualtiero Ernesto. Als er daraufhin zum Tod verurteilt wird, verfällt Imogene dem Wahnsinn. Nicht nur mit der Wahl des Stoffes schuf Bellini mit diesem Werk sozusagen den Prototypen der romantischen Oper, auch musikalisch führte er mit seinen weit ausschwingenden Melodiebögen einen neuen, lyrischen Tonfall ein. Überdies bilden die Hauptfiguren in dieser Oper bereits die bei Verdi so fundamentale Dreieckskonstellation zwischen dem mit Sopran und Tenor besetzten Liebespaar und dem Bariton als störendem Dritten.

In unserer konzertanten Aufführung dieser Bellini-Oper ist Andrew Owens als Pirat Gualtiero zu erleben. Die Partie der Imogene übernimmt die Koloratursopranistin Irina Lungu, die sich vergangene Spielzeit als Lucia di Lammermoor in Zürich präsentierte, Ensemblemitglied Konstantin Shushakov ist Ernesto.

Deutsch

The Pirate by Bellini, From (2022/2022), Directed by Natascha Ursuliak,, Conductor Iván López-Reynoso, Opernhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

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