I Due Foscari - Verdi

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Leo Nucci Francesco Foscari

Roberto De Biasio Jacopo Foscari

Tatiana Serjan Lucrezia Contarini

Roberto Tagliavini Jacopo Loredano

Gregory Bonfatti Barbarigo