Verdi: I due Foscari

Overview

Jacopo, son of Doge Francesco Foscari, was accused of murder and banished from Venice. Longing for his homeland, he writes to the Duke of Milan asking him to intercede with the city council. The letter is intercepted, and Jacopo is brought back to Venice to face further questioning. An opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on a historical play by George Byron. Premiered on 3 November 1844. From the box set of 27 Verdi operas, ‘Tutto Verdi’. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 3, 6, 8, 11 and 19 May 2005.

Directed by Joseph Franconi Lee, Tiziano Mancini

Top cast

Leo Nucci

Francesco Foscari

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Roberto De Biasio

Jacopo Foscari

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Tatiana Serjan

Lucrezia Contarini

Roberto Tagliavini

Jacopo Loredano

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Gregory Bonfatti

Barbarigo

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Marcella Polidori

Pisana

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Mauro Buffoli

Attendant on the Council of Ten

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Alessandro Bianchini

Servant of the Doge

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