from Act I, Scene 1 of the Italian opera
Il Corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Role: Corrado, the captain of a pirate ship
Voice Part: tenor Fach: spinto
Setting: the island of the Corsairs', the Aegean Sea, early 19th century
Synopsis: After receiving a letter from a Greek spy, Corrado decides to sail out of harbor that evening and assembles his men to tell them just that.