I DUE FOSCARI      

Giuseppe Verdi                                       
Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Premièr at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma – 3 November 1844
05 January 1958                                  
Teatro La Fenice, Venezia    

Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Chorus master: Sante Zanon
Stage director: Franco Enriquez
Scene and costumes: Veniero Colasanti & John Moore

Francesco Foscari Doge of Venice GIANGIACOMO GUELFI baritone
Jacobo Fiesco his son MIRTO PICCHI tenor
Lucrezia Contarini wife to Jacopo LEYLA GENCER soprano
Jacobo Lorendano member of the Council of Ten ALESSANDRO MADDALENA bass
Barbarigo Senator, member of the Council OTTARINO BEGALI tenor
Pisana friend and confidante of  Lucrezia MARISA SALIMBENI soprano
Attendant on the Council of Ten AUGUSTO VERONESE tenor
Servant of the Doge UBERTO SCAGLIONE bass

Time: 1457
Place: Venice



GENCER ALLA FENICE 


I DUE FOSCARI 
STAGIONE 1957 – 1958