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I due Foscari (The Two Foscari)

With music by Giuseppe Verdi and libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, I due Foscari narrates the misadventures of Jacopo Foscari, son of the Doge of Venice, tried for murder and sentenced to exile. The story takes place in Venice in 1497 and explores issues like power, political intrigue and a father being torn between his position in the government and his love for his son. The opera is based on the novel The Two Foscari written by Lord Byron.

I due Foscari premiered in Rome in 1844 after being rejected by the Teatro La Fenice, which deemed it inappropriate due to the opera’s criticism of the Venetian Republic, fearing that some influential families in the city might take offense, including the Foscari descendants.