When was the English poet on which Il corsaro was based born?
Il corsaro Il corsaro ("The Corsair") is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, from a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on Lord Byron's poem "The Corsair". The first performance was given at the Teatro Grande in Trieste on 25 October 1848.
John Hughes (poet) John Hughes (born 29 January 1677 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, died of tuberculosis in London on 17 February 1720) was an English poet, essayist and translator. Various of his works remained in print for a century after his death, but if he is remembered at all today it is for the use others made of his work. Texts of his were set by the foremost composers of the day and his translation of the "Letters of Abelard and Heloise" was a major source for Alexander Pope's "Eloisa to Abelard".