Verdi: I DUE FOSCARI (Royal Opera House)

Francesco Foscari: Plácido Domingo Jacopo Foscari: Francesco Meli Lucrezia Contarini: Maria Agresta Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conductor: Antonio Pappano Director: Thaddeus Strassberger Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, September 2015. Plácido Domingo takes on the role of the tragic Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice, in Verdi’s potent and dramatic opera of family loyalties and political intrigue. Thaddeus Strassberger’s powerful setting explores the corruption lurking be