Royal Opera House: I Due Foscari(2015)

movie - first aired/released 2015-04-30 - 122 min

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Directed by Jonathan Haswell, Thaddeus Strassberger

In Giuseppe Verdi's little-known early tragedy, a despairing father is torn between love for his family and his duty to a corrupt city. Jacopo Foscari, son of a 15th-century Doge of Venice, is convicted of murder and treason on a trumped-up charge. His wife Lucrezia is sure of his innocence. But the Doge, trapped by the machinations of the city, is forced to make a terrible decision.