Tragedia lirica in three acts
Libretto
Francesco Maria Piave after Lord Byron
Premiere
3 November 1844, Rome (Teatro Argentina)
Cast
FRANCESCO FOSCARI (baritone)
JACOPO FOSCARI (tenor)
LUCREZIA CONTARINI (soprano)
JACOPO LOREDANO (bass)
CHORUS
Members of the council of Ten and the Giunta, maidservants of Lucrezia, Venetian ladies, crowd, masked men and women
Place
Venice
Time
1457