Ballet "The Corsair"

Music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier based on a poem “The Corsair” by Lord Byron. Adam's last oeuvre "The Corsair" is loosely based poem "The Corsair" by Lord Byron. This classic ballet narrates the story of the passionate pirate Conrad who falls in love with the beautiful Medora. When Conrad and his pirates abduct Medora from a slave market to their secret grotto, the adventure is just about to begin.