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    I due Foscari

     

    2008 Sarasota Opera Production

    March 22, 25, 27, 30m, April 2, 6, 13m

     

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    Lyric Tragedy In Three Acts, Sung In Italian
    Poetry By Francesco Maria Piave
    Based On The Play The Two Foscari By Lord Byron

    1/5

    Conductor

    Victor DeRenzi


    Stage Director

    Martha Collins


    Scenic Designer

    Jeffrey W. Dean


    Costume Designer

    Howard Tsvi Kaplan


    Lighting Designer

    Ken Yunker


    Wigs And Make-Up Designer

    Georgianna Eberhard


    Chorus Master

    Roger L. Bingaman


    Assistant Conductors

    Kristen Kemp, Michael Spassov


    Surtitle Supplier

    Words For Music


    Surtitle Translator

    Victor DeRenzi

     

    New Production Created By Sarasota Opera

     

     

    Cast

     

    Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice, an octogenarian

    Marco Nisticò


    Jacopo Foscari, his son

    Benjamin Warschawski


    Lucrezia Contarini, Jacopo's wife

    Reyna Carguill


    Jacopo Loredano, member of the Council of Ten

    Jeffrey Tucker


    Barbarigo, senator, member of the Junta

    Aaron Logan*


    Pisana, Lucrezia's friend and confident

    Jo Ellen Miller*


    An Officer of the Council Of Ten

    Lázaro Calderón*


    Servant of the Doge

    John Paul Huckle**

     

    * Studio Artist

    ** Apprentice Artist

     

    Sarasota Opera Orchestra
    Chorus: Sarasota Opera Apprentice And Studio Artists

     

     

    Reviews

     

     

    “Edge-of-the-seat excitement.”
    — Opera Today

     

    “This season’s I due Foscari offered blazing advocacy … an eloquent case for the opera.”
    —Lawrence A. Johnson, Opera Magazine

     

    “Gripping tension and achingly beautiful music … seethed with poignancy and tension.”
    —Karyl Charna Lynn, Opera Now Magazine

     

    (Photos: Richard Termine / Sarasota Opera)

     

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