Le pont des soupirs

About the show

Doge Cornarino secretly returns to Venice after fleeing a naval battle, while his cousin Malatromba plots to seize the throne and pursue Catarina. Disguises and mistaken identities lead to arrests and a Council of Ten hearing, but news reveals that Cornarino’s apparent flight was a ruse that helped defeat the enemy. During carnival, the rivals joust; the 1868 version changes the contest’s result, and Cornarino is sent as ambassador to Spain.