
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.

Plácido Domingo
Francesco Foscari

Francesco Meli
Jacopo Foscari

Anna Pirozzi
Lucrezia Contarini

Andrea Concetti
Jacopo Loredano
Edoardo Milletti
Barbarigo

Chiara Isotton
Pisana
Azer Rza-Zada
Fante
Modestas Sedlevičius
Servo del Dodge
Bruno Casoni
Maestro del coro

Aria
Aria

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier @ Zurich Opera House
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier @ Zurich Opera House

The Metropolitan Opera: Norma
The Metropolitan Opera: Norma

The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca
The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca

Billy Budd
Billy Budd

Macbeth
Macbeth

Kaufmann's Otello at the Royal Opera House
Kaufmann's Otello at the Royal Opera House

The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute

Wozzeck
Wozzeck

Tannhäuser
Tannhäuser

Verdi La Traviata
Verdi La Traviata