I due Foscari
2008 Sarasota Opera Production
March 22, 25, 27, 30m, April 2, 6, 13m
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)
Lyric Tragedy In Three Acts, Sung In Italian
Poetry By Francesco Maria Piave
Based On The Play The Two Foscari By Lord Byron