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unusual facts about I due Foscari


I due Foscari

Toye, Francis (1931), Giuseppe Verdi: His Life and Works, New York: Knopf


Angela Meade

In 2012 she is scheduled to make her debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Lucrezia Contarini in Verdi's I due Foscari.

Maria Vitale

In 1951, the year of Verdi's 50th death anniversary, she sang major parts in lesser known Verdi operas for RAI, notably; Leonora in Oberto, Giselda in I Lombardi, Lucrezia in I due Foscari, and Mina in Aroldo.

Yevgeny Kolobov

Yevgeny Kolobov was the first opera conductor in Russia to stage Verdi's La forza del destino, Bellini's Il Pirata, Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, Catalani's La Wally, Verdi's I Due Foscari, Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov in the composer's original version and Thomas's Hamlet.


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Busseto

Tenor (now retired) Carlo Bergonzi spends most of his time at I due Foscari, his hotel in Busseto, which also hosts the Accademia Verdiana.