Verdi: I due Foscari
2009 · 1h 57m · Unrated
Music
Directed by
Joseph Franconi Lee
,
Tiziano Mancini
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.
Director and cast
- Joseph Franconi Lee Director
- Tiziano Mancini Director
- Leo Nucci as Francesco Foscari
- Roberto De Biasio as Jacopo Foscari
- Tatiana Serjan as Lucrezia Contarini
- Roberto Tagliavini as Jacopo Loredano
- Gregory Bonfatti as Barbarigo
- Marcella Polidori as Pisana
- Mauro Buffoli as Attendant on the Council of Ten
- Alessandro Bianchini as Servant of the Doge
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