Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari
Overview
In 15th-century Venice, Jacopo Foscari, son of the Doge of Venice Francesco Foscari, is to be tried by the Council of Ten for a crime of which he claims to be innocent. The Foscari family’s sworn enemy, the vindictive Jacopo Loredano, treacherously secures his sentence of exile. Despite the pleas of Lucrezia, Jacopo’s wife, the unfortunate father is forced to sign his son’s banishment order, even though he is convinced of his innocence. The young man dies of despair just before the real murderer comes forward. Loredano secures the removal of Francesco Foscari, who collapses, lifeless. "I due Foscari" is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, which premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome on 3 November 1844.
Director
Tiziano Mancini
Top Cast
Plácido Domingo
Francesco Foscari
Francesco Meli
Jacopo Foscari
Anna Pirozzi
Lucrezia Contarini
Andrea Concetti
Jacopo Loredano
Edoardo Milletti
Barbarigo
Chiara Isotton
Pisana
Azer Rza-Zada
Fante
Modestas Sedlevičius
Servo del Dodge
Bruno Casoni
Maestro del coro
