| Opera (tragedia lyrica) in 3 acts Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave [Based: George Gordon Noel Byron: The two Foscari]
 First performance: November 3, 1844, Teatro Argentina, Roma
 
 Recorded: 1988, Teatro la Scala, Milan
 
 Renato Bruson takes the role of the Venetian Doge - Francesco Foscari - in Verdi's dark, three-act tragedy based on a drama by Lord Byron set in 15th century Venice. Gianandrea Gavazzeni directs the 1988 La Scala production of a work that is hailed among the best of Verdi's early operas, and that led him to a career of operatic immortality.
 
 Francesco Foscari - Renato Bruson
 Jacopo Foscari - Alberto Cupido
 Lucrezia Contarini - Linda Roark-Stummer
 Japopo Loredano - Luigi Roni
 Barbarigo - Renato Cazzaniga
 Pisama - Monica Tagliasacchi
 Fante - Aldo Bottion
 Servo del Doge - Aldo Bramante
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