The Two Foscari (Byron)
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The Two Foscari: An Historical Tragedy is a verse play in five acts by Lord Byron. The plot, set in Venice in the mid-15th century, is loosely based on the true story of the downfall of doge Francesco
First edition title page. 1821.
Francesco Foscari banishing his son Jacopo on the charge of treasonable correspondence while in exile. Painting by Francesco Hayez, circa 1852.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron by Richard Westall
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