Il pirata

About the show

Shipwrecked pirate Gualtiero arrives near the castle of Ernesto, who married Gualtiero’s former beloved Imogene under threat to her father. Imogene shelters the strangers but hides her recognition of Gualtiero. The former lovers meet and declare that they still love each other, while Ernesto discovers them and challenges Gualtiero. Ernesto dies in their fight, and Gualtiero gives himself up to the knights; Imogene descends into madness as he is sentenced to death.