I due Foscari

About the show

In 1457 Venice, Jacopo Foscari, son of Doge Francesco, is tried by the Council of Ten and sentenced to further exile for murder. His wife Lucrezia pleads with the Doge to intervene, but he insists he must uphold Venetian law. Jacopo is sent away; before departure, he dies. Evidence later arrives proving his innocence, but the Council orders Francesco to surrender his office. He renounces the trappings of power and dies as the bell announces his successor.