I due Foscari

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Piave, Francesco Maria

Conductor: Renzetti, Donato

Orchestra: Parma Teatro Regio Orchestra

Chorus: Parma Teatro Regio Chorus

Chorus Master: Faggiani, Martino

Barbarigo: Bonfatti, Gregory

Fante: Buffoli, Mauro

Francesco Foscar: Renzetti, Donato

Jacopo Foscari: Biasio, Robert de

Jacopo Loredano: Tagliavini, Roberto

Lucrezia Contarini: Serjan, Tatiana

Pisana: Polidori, Marcella

Servo del Doge: Bianchini, Alessandro

Set Designer: Orlandi, William

Costume Designer: Orlandi, William

Lighting Designer: Alfieri, Valerio

Choreographer: Ferri, Marta

Stage Director: Franconi Lee, Joseph

Television Director: Mancini, Tiziano

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Festival: Verdi Festival

Venue: Teatro Regio, Parma

Playing Time: 01:56:26

Catalogue Number: 721008

UPC: 814337012106

Synopsis

I due Foscari

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I due Foscari was Verdi's sixth opera and is based on Lord Byron's play The Tow Foscari. Rich in intrigue, the plot tells of the final days of the famous Venetian doge, Francesco Foscari, and his illegal overthrow in 1457. The opera was first performed at the Teatro Argentina in Rome in November 1844.