Coro di Pirati (from the Opera 'Il Pirata') - V. Bellini

Tenor, Male Choir and concert band.

Il Pirata' (The Pirate) was Bellini's third opera. 'Il Pirata' is an opera in two acts to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani from a French translation of the tragic play 'Bertram', or 'The Castle of St Aldobrando' by Charles Maturin. It premiered at La Scala on October 27, 1827. 19th-Century commentary has noted the musical influence of 'Il Pirata' on the early Richard Wagner opera 'Das Liebesverbot' and Gaetano Donizetti's 'Lucia di Lammermoor'.