I due Foscari
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I due Foscari is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the 1821 historical play, The Two Foscari by Lord Byron.
Giuseppe Verdi
Soprano Marianna Barbieri-Nini, the first Lucrezia
Baritone Achille De Bassini, the first Francesco. (Litho: Josef Kriehuber, 1854)
Francesco Maria Piave, librettist of the opera
Nello Santi
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Nello Santi was an Italian conductor. He was associated with the Zürich Opera House for six decades, and was a regular conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. He was focused on Italian r
Nello Santi (photo with 1960 dedication)
Interior of the Zürich Opera House, where Nello Santi worked for six decades