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I Due Foscari - Six Complete Recordings

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(1) I Due Foscari (Der Doge von Venedig) by G. Verdi
Deutsche Oper Am Rhein - Duisburg; November 7, 1963
Conductor, Alberto Erede

Francesco Foscari, Doge di Venezia:  Abe Polakoff
Jacopo Foscari:  Eugene Talley-Schmidt
Lucrezia:  Gerry De Groot
Pisana:  Louise Pearl
Loredano:  Helmut Fehn
Barbarigo:  Hans Rietjens

Timings
Act 1 start:  0:00
Act 2 start:  32:42
Act 3 start:  1:08:28
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Baritone Aria starts at 18:11
Soprano/Baritone duet starts at 23:00
Act 3 Grand Finale starts at 1:21:21
Editor's Note:  The last few minutes of Act 2 is missing from this recording.



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(2) ​I Due Foscari (Der Doge von Venedig) by G. Verdi  
Deutsche Oper Am Rhein - Duisburg; November 27, 1963
Conductor, Alberto Erede

Francesco Foscari, Doge di Venezia:  Abe Polakoff

Jacopo Foscari:  Eugene Talley-Schmidt
Lucrezia:  Anna Green
Pisana:  Louise Pearl
Loredano:  Helmut Fehn
Barbarigo:  Hans Rietjens

Timings:
Act 1 start: 0:00
Act 2 start: 34:19
Act 3 start:  1:08:15
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Baritone Aria starts at 20:44
Soprano/Baritone duet starts at 25:15
Act 3 Grand Finale starts at 1:20:22



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(3) I Due Foscari (Der Doge von Venedig) by G. Verdi
Deutsche Oper Am Rhein - Düsseldorf; March 5, 1964
Conductor, Carlos Kleiber

Francesco Foscari, Doge di Venezia:  Abe Polakoff
Jacopo Foscari:  Eugene Talley-Schmidt
Lucrezia:  Anna Green
Pisana:  Borisch
Loredano:  Neagu
Barbarigo:  Wegmann

Timings:
Act 1 start: 0:00
Act 2 start: 34:04
Act 3 start: 1:13:14
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Baritone Aria starts at 20:53
Soprano/Baritone duet starts at 25:16
Act 2 Finale (Excerpt) starts at 1:00:12 
Act 2 Finale (Complete) starts at 1:05:02

Act 3 Grand Finale starts at 1:25:27
Editor's Note:  Out of an abundance of caution, I did not remove
the Act 2 Finale Excerpt to avoid the loss of  any invaluable recording material.



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(4) I Due Foscari (Der Doge von Venedig) by G. Verdi
Deutsche Oper Am Rhein - Duisburg; April 1, 1964
Conductor, Alberto Erede

Francesco Foscari, Doge di Venezia:  Abe Polakoff

Jacopo Foscari:  William Olvis
Lucrezia:  Anna Green
Pisana:  Louise Pearl
Loredano:  Neagu
Barbarigo:  Wegmann

Timings:

Act 1 start: 0:00
Act 2 start: 34:33
Act 3 start: 1:02:05


Baritone Aria starts at 21:00
Soprano/Baritone duet starts at 25:30
Act 3 Grand 
Finale starts at 1:14:06



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(5) I Due Foscari (Der Doge von Venedig) by G. Verdi

Deutsche Oper Am Rhein - Düsseldorf; June 24, 1964
Conductor, Carlos Kleiber

Francesco Foscari, Doge di Venezia:  Abe Polakoff
Jacopo Foscari:  Eugene Talley-Schmidt
Lucrezia:  Anna Green
Pisana:  Borisch
Loredano:  Helmut Fehn
Barbarigo:  Wegmann

Timings:
Act 1 start:  0:00
Act 2 start:  32:58
Act 3 start:  1:05:20
​

Baritone Aria starts at 20:28
Soprano/Baritone duet starts at 24:47
Act 3 Grand Finale starts at 1:16:45



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(6) I Due Foscari (Der Doge von Venedig) by G. Verdi
Deutsche Oper Am Rhein - Düsseldorf ; 
November 10, 1964
Conductor, Alberto Erede

Francesco Foscari, Doge di Venezia:  Abe Polakoff
Jacopo Foscari:  William Olvis
Lucrezia:  Anna Green
Pisana:  L. Brockhaus
Loredano:  Neagu
Barbarigo:  Hans Rietjens

Act 1 start: 0:00
Act 2 start:  35:24
Act 3 start:  1:09:50

Baritone Aria starts at 21:49
Soprano/Baritone duet starts at 26:19
​Act 3 Grand Finale starts at 1:22:44


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