Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari (2016)
In 15th-century Venice, Jacopo Foscari, son of the Doge of Venice Francesco Foscari, is to be tried by the Council of Ten for a crime of which he claims to be innocent. The Foscari family’s sworn enemy, the vindictive Jacopo Loredano, treacherously secures his sentence of exile. Despite the pleas of Lucrezia, Jacopo’s wife, the unfortunate father is forced to sign his son’s banishment order, even though he is convinced of his innocence. The young man dies of despair just before the real murderer comes forward. Loredano secures the removal of Francesco Foscari, who collapses, lifeless. "I due Foscari" is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, which premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome on 3 November 1844.
Director:
Tiziano Mancini
Writer:
Ineta Sipunova
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Plácido Domingo as Francesco Foscari |
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Francesco Meli as Jacopo Foscari |
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Anna Pirozzi as Lucrezia Contarini |
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Andrea Concetti as Jacopo Loredano |
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Edoardo Milletti as Barbarigo |
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Chiara Isotton as Pisana |
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Azer Rza-Zada as Fante |
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Modestas Sedlevičius as Servo del Dodge |
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Bruno Casoni as Maestro del coro |
| Sound | Michele Mariotti | Conductor |
| Crew | Giuseppe Verdi | Compositor |
| Directing | Tiziano Mancini | Director |
| Writing | Francesco Maria Piave | Writer |
| Writing | Lord Byron | Writer |
| Directing | Alvis Hermanis | Stage Director |
| Art | Alvis Hermanis | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kristīne Jurjāne | Costume Designer |
| Lighting | Gleb Filshtinsky | Lighting Design |
| Crew | Alla Sigalova | Choreographer |
| Crew | Olivier Lexa | Dramaturgy |
| Writing | Ineta Sipunova | Screenplay |