Verdi: I due Foscari

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.

Cast

Leo Nucci Francesco Foscari Roberto De Biasio Jacopo Foscari Tatiana Serjan Lucrezia Contarini Roberto Tagliavini Jacopo Loredano Gregory Bonfatti Barbarigo Marcella Polidori Pisana Mauro Buffoli Attendant on the Council of Ten Alessandro Bianchini Servant of the Doge

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