La Gioconda

Overview

Recorded live at the Vienna State Opera, Placido Domingo and Eva Marton star in a sumptuous recording of Ponchielli's famed four-act melodrama, a story of tyranny and intrigue set in semi-historical and ever-romantic Venice. The action is projected by strong characters whose fundamentally sound instincts become distorted by raw passion. The performance draws upon both human and technical resources including a large ballet and varies in mood from the happy carnival to scenes of the darkest gloom and horror.

Cast

Éva Marton

Gioconda

Plácido Domingo

Enzo

N/A

Ludmila Semtschuk

Laura

Matteo Manuguerra

Barnaba

N/A

Margarita Lilova

Cieca

Kurt Rydl

Alvise

Alfred Šramek

Zuàne

N/A

Alfred Burgstaller

A Minstrel

N/A

Jorge Pita

Isèpo

N/A

Goran Simić

A Pilot

N/A

Benedict Kobel

1st Gondolier

N/A

Peter Köves

2nd Gndolier