Personae
Paolo Baglione, Commander of ground and naval troops, 30 years old.
Rosalba Candiano, a common woman, legendary in Venice for her beauty and a bewitching voice that arouses enthusiasm at public festivals, daughter of Pietro Candiano, 20 years old.
Pietro Candiano, a common man, former head of the dockyard, ship-builder, leader of the rebels, 45 years old.
Alvise Ca' Da Mosto, patron and advisor to Paolo Baglione, 40 years old.
Samuele Bocconigo, captain of the guard, friend and advisor to Paolo Baglione, 40 years old.
The Doge Marco Barbarigo, elderly invalid, 70 years old.
Domenico Selva, ship-builder, successor to Pietro Candiano as head of the dockyard, 60 years old.
Pasquale Cicogna, engaged to Rosalba Candiano, 30 years old. Formerly a worker at the dockyard. Because of a former conspiracy, Paolo Baglione imprisoned him on the island of Burano, from which he escapes prior to the launch of the Fortunata . Popular poet and conspirator.
Giovanni Paruta, former worker at the dockyard, old, blind, wandering vendor of amulets.
The Prince Pietro of Toledo , Ambassador to the Pope. Boldu, Antonio Balestra, Giocondo Pisani, Jacopo Cavalli, Tullio Scamozzi, workers at the dockyard, conspirators. Senators, The Council of Ten. Guards of the Pope. Soldiers on their rounds. Dockyard workers. The Brotherhood of Mercy. Hebrew merchants. Exchange agents. Sailors. Arabs and Greeks. Negro slaves. People.
The action unfolds in Venice at the end of the fifteenth century.
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