LA GIOCONDA
Amilcare Ponchielli (1934 - 1886)
Opera in four acts in Italian
Libretto: Arrigo BoitoPremièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 8 April 1876
08†, 11, 14, 17, 21, 24 March 1971
Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
Chorus master: Tullio Boni
Stage director: Gianrico Becher
Scene and costumes: Veniero Colasanti & John MooreChoreography: Attilia Radice
La Gioconda a ballad singer LEYLA GENCER soprano
La Cieca her blind mother ANNA DI STASIO mezzo-sopranoAlvise Badoero one of the heads of the State Inquisitions RUGGERO RAIMONDI bass
Laura his wife FRANCA MATIUCCI mezzo-soprano
Enzo Grimaldo GIANNI RAIMONDI tenor
Barnaba a spy of the Inquisition GIANGIACOMO GUELFI baritone
Zuane a boat man TITO TURTURA bass
Isepo a public letter-writer GABRIELE DE JULIS tenor
A Pilot GIOVANNI CIAVOLA tenor
Barnabotto PAOLO DARI, bass
Internal Voice ATHOS CESARINI tenor
Time: Seventeenth Century
Place: Venice † Recording date
Drawings © Veniero Colasanti & John Moore
GENCER
ALLA OPERA DI ROMA
LA GIOCONDA
STAGIONE
1970 – 1971
OPERA MAGAZINE
1970 December
L'UNITA
1971.03.05
AVANTI
1971.03.09
L'UNITA
1971.03.09
L'UNITA
1971.03.10
L'UNITA
1971.03.11
L'UNITA
1971.03.16
L'UNITA
1971.03.17
L'UNITA
1971.03.21
L'UNITA
1971.03.23
L'UNITA
1971.03.24
OPERA MAGAZINE
1971 June
Recording Excerpts [1971.03.08]
Cielo e mar Act II
Ma chi vien? … Oh! La sinistra Voce! Act II
Ecco il velen di Laura – Quest'ultimo bacio Act IV
Suicidio Act IV
