I Due Foscari - Verdi

Directed by Joseph Franconi Lee, Tiziano Mancini

Starring Leo Nucci, Roberto De Biasio

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.