I Due Foscari - Verdi

115 minutes

1/1/2012

Overview

I due Foscari was Verdi's sixth opera and based on Lord Byron's play The Two Foscari. Rich in intrigue, the plot tells of the final days of the famous Venetian doge, Francesco Foscari, and his illegal overthrow in 1457.

Cast List

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 Fante
Alessandro Bianchini
as Servo del Doge
Donato Renzetti
as Conductor