Verdi I Due Foscari Royal Opera House (2016)

In Giuseppe Verdis littleknown early tragedy a despairing father is torn between love for his family and his duty to a corrupt city Jacopo Foscari son of a 15thcentury Doge of Venice is convicted of murder and treason on a trumpedup 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