 Medora, His Beloved, sung by Jesse Norman, Seid, The Pasha, by Giampiero Mastromi, and Seid's favorite slave, Gulnara, by Mancera Cavalli. John McCarthy is leading the chorus of the Ambrosian Singers, and Lamberto Gardelli is at the podium, leading the New Philharmonia Orchestra. Act I of Verdi's Il Corsaro.