Lo sognai ferito esangue

Act 1
On a stormy sea-shore, fishmongers observe a shipwreck. Among the survivors is Gualtiero who is recognised and offered refuge by Goffredo. Gualtiero tells him that he drew strength from his continuing love for although she is now married to Ernesto. Imogene arrives,( Sorgete.) to offer hospitality to the shipwrecked strangers, but Gualtiero does not reveal himself, and Imogene assumes from what Itulbo tells her that he is dead. She tells Adele that she dreamt that he had been killed by her husband ("Lo sognai ferito, esangue").