An opera in a prologue and three acts
Libretto by FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE
<Revised by Arrigo Boito )
Music by Verdi
Cast m order of singing:
Soldiers, sailors. citizens, senators. and the Doge's followers
COVENT GARDEN OPERA CHORUS
Chorus-Master. Douglas Robinson
COVENT GARDEN ORCHESTRA Leader. Charles Taylor
Conducted by James LOCKHART
Second broadcast
The action takes place In Genoa in the middle of the fourteenth century Prologue: A Square In Genoa
Act 1
Scene 1: The Garden of the Grimaldi palace. twenty-five years later
Scene 2: The Doge's Council
Chamber
Act 2: The Doges room In the palace
Act 3: Inside the palace