--- product_id: 5482357 title: "Verdi: Il Corsaro" brand: "ribeiropapimancini" price: "NZ$147" currency: NZD in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/5482357-verdi-il-corsaro store_origin: NZ region: New Zealand --- # Verdi: Il Corsaro **Brand:** ribeiropapimancini **Price:** NZ$147 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Verdi: Il Corsaro by ribeiropapimancini - **How much does it cost?** NZ$147 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/5482357-verdi-il-corsaro) ## Best For - ribeiropapimancini enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted ribeiropapimancini brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description As part of the ambitious Tutto Verdi project, the rarely performed Il corsaro is available on DVD and, for the first time, Blu-ray. The marvelous orchestra, chorus, and crew of Il Teatro Regio di Parma allow today's great Verdi voices (Ribiero, Lungu, Bonfatti, and more) to weave their tale of adventure and tragedy in this pirate love story. ## Images ![Verdi: Il Corsaro - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71-GbHkad6L.jpg) ![Verdi: Il Corsaro - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71zv+bBhvVL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Well Done!! *by J***. on Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2013* Ah, gentle reader, what can one say about Il Corsaro? That it, along with Alzira are considered the bottom of the Verdi barrel? That, as Wiliam Berger ("Verdi With a Vengeance") notes, "If one could assemble the proper cast to perform Corsaro properly, one wouldn't. One would produce Trovatore instead"? Perhaps, but Verdi at his least best is still mighty fine music, and this performance is convincing evidence that Corsaro is worth experiencing.This disc presents four principal singers with whom I am totally unfamiliar, but I hope to hear more from them. (If the opera gods are just, we should, but experience shows them to be as capricious as were their Greek anticedents, else why no more Met HD DVDs? But I am off topic ...)The tenor role of Corrado has been described (Berger) as written for a "heroic voice". To me, Bruno Ribeiro is more of a spinto, but he executes the role, with all its fiendish tessatura, flawlessly. He would be an ideal Alfredo or Duke of Mantua. Bravo!Irina Lungu (Medora) is a gifted soprano. Her role requires her to sing a bit low in the soprano range but when it's time to hit the high notes, she delivers perfectly. What acting is required in this romantic role (aside from fainting and dying) is well done. Brava!!Silvia Dalla Benetta (as I noted in my review of the Tutto Verdi sampler) is the real deal. Her role requires the "blood and guts" approach, especially as to her Act II cabaletta, which Budden refers to as ordinary, as I recall, but Osborne calls it "absolutely glorious" (go figure). I think it rocks because Mme Dalla Benetta nails it! Brava!!!Baritone Luca Salsi (Seid) is the almost bad guy. His singing in a performance where everyone is spot on, nealy steals the show. What a voice! And a kind of passionate intensity in the dramatic aspects as well. Whew!Chorus and orchestra do a first rate job, too. Staging is traditional and surprisingly effective, considering the small stage.Disc quality is nearly perfect, my only reservation being that the women's chorus seemed under miked in the second act. But that aside, the surround experience of C Major's DTS is dramatic.A word about the venue: this opera was performed in the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Busetto. The theatre is tiny, having a stage about the size of a two car garage and seating for 300. The audience was enthusiastic, but remember, gentle reader, that Busetto was Verdi's home town, and it, along with nearby Parma have a serious history of doing bad things to performers who disappoint. Caruso was reported to have been booed in a performance of L'Elisir and subsequently refused service by a cab driver who didn't want to dirty his cab with a bad singer. Othe disappointees have been refused service in restaurants and hotels. So an enthusiatic audience, which this one was, really says something about the performance.I share that reaction. Buy with confidence, and forget all about that German guy. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, five stars... *by B***R on Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2021* ...but only if you are a Verdi fanatic and want to see even his least effective work in production. Verdi was nagged past all patience by a music publisher, who even sent his wife to cry on Verdi's doorstep, to get Verdi to commit even just one opera to him to keep his publishing company from going bankrupt. Verdi gave in and when the due date loomed dragged out a libretto he had started and then decided it wasn't that interesting. Verdi finished the score and literally gave it away to the publisher without any of his usual holds on rentals, royalties, etc. Don't let all that discourage you from buying this DVD: Il corsaro may be down at the bottom of the Verdi rankings with Alzira, but Verdi never wrote unenjoyable music, and this production does everything to present the opera at its best. Soloists range from very good to excellent, chorus and orchestra and conductor ditto. I'll be enjoying this many times. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Verdi's step-child *by D***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2013* Il Corsaro is the step-child in the Verdi canon of operas. I was completed to fulfill a contract obligation to the publisher Lucca who was about to sue Verdi for not fulfilling a contract previously agreed to. There were angry words exchanged. After receiving it Lucca farmed it out to a back-water opera house in Trieste. Verdi did not attend the premiere and the audience did not like the opera. Thereafter it had only a few performances and disappeared from view.Even the Tutto Verdi series from the Teatro Regio di Parma produced this opera on the tiny stage of the Teatro Verdi in Busseto Verdi's home town. The theatre in Parma has a capacity of 1200 but in Busseto it's only 300 and the stage is miniscule. And who sang the roles? All newcomers to the operatic stage but on the whole they did quite well. And of course the downsized orchestra and chorus of Parma did very well.The Corrado (Conrad in Byron's long long narrative poem) of Bruno Ribiero was quite exciting. He is young, handsome and looks like he could led a group of pirates and have a couple of women falling all over him. His tenor is pretty much a heroic type as of now, it is deep rich and powerful up and down the scale; there are some rough edges that will smooth out in time. The roll of Seid calls for a big bodied crusher of lesser men with a voice that carries to the next few buildings. We have it in the person of Luca Salsi. He certainly has the makings of a good Verdi baritone. He roughed-up some of the lyrics but with more vocal work he will smooth things out. The ladies of this opera were of a mixed bag. Irina Lungu has a rasp in her upper register and it is quite unpleasant; her mid-range is fine for the part of the long suffering Medora. The star of the show is supposed to be Gulnara and she certainly was. Silvia Dalla Benetta executed her passage work very well; trills, runs and declamation all of a piece. She has a good career ahead of her.In English lit. class I remember reading much of Byron. The Corsair was one of them. I also remember he does go on and on. I didn't find the story interesting then, nor do I now. I agree and disagree as usual with my colleague reviewer John Gleeson. But I agree that even lesser Verdi is better than the best of most composers of the time e.g Pacini. It is interesting that the third act written in 1846 when Verdi was enthused about the story is better than Acts 1 & 2 written in 1848 when he given up on Corsaro but needed to fulfill has contract for Lucca. But even in these two acts there a some fine moments to be savored. For example the cabaletta of Gulnare "Ah conforto e sola speme" which as pointed out by reviewer John Gleeson is very fine music. So the work is a mixed bag. I'm glad to have a fine recording and will listen to it now and then. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.nz/products/5482357-verdi-il-corsaro](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/5482357-verdi-il-corsaro) --- *Product available on Desertcart New Zealand* *Store origin: NZ* *Last updated: 2026-04-25*