LA GIOCONDA
Amilcare Ponchielli (1934 - 1886)
Opera in four acts in Italian
Libretto: Arrigo BoitoPremièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 8 April 1876
23, 25†, 28 January - 01, 03* February 1970 (7 Performances)
Teatro Massimo, Palermo
Conductor: Antonino Votto / Corrado Martinez*
Chorus master: n/a
Stage director: Aldo Mirabella Vassallo
Scene and costumes: Veniero Colasanti & John Moore
Choreography: Ugo Dell'Ara
La Gioconda a ballad singer LEYLA GENCER soprano
La Cieca her blind mother ANNA DI STASIO mezzo-soprano
Alvise Badoero one of the heads of the State
Inquisitions AGOSTINO FERRIN/CARLO CAVA bass
Laura his wife FRANCA MATTIUCCI/ORALIA DOMINGUEZ mezzo-soprano
Enzo Grimaldo GIANNI RAIMONDI/RENATO CIONI* tenor
Barnaba a spy of the Inquisition PIERO
CAPPUCCILLI/DINO DONDI baritone
Zuane a boat man GUIDO MALFATTI bass
Isepo a public letter-writer GLAUCO SCARLINI tenor
A Pilot LUCIANO PRATI tenor
Time: Seventeenth Century
Place: Venice
† Recording date
Note: The seventh performance of La Gioconda was conducted by Corrado
Martinez. The tenor Renato Cioni replaced Gianni Raimondi, because he was ill.
Nota: La settima recita de la Gioconda e stata diretta da Corrado martinez.
Il Tenore Renato Cioni ha sostituito Gianni Raimondi, perche influenzato.
Photos © AGENZIA FOTOGRAFICA ALLOTTA, Palermo
Photos © FOTO LILLO, Palermo
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| With Fedele d'Amico (critic) and Gioacchino Lanza di Tomasi di Lampedusa (Artistic Director of Teatro Massimo di Palermo) after a La Gioconda performance. |
OPERA MAGAZINE
1970 January
Recording Excerpts [1970.01.25]
E Cuore! dono funesto! Act I Scene IX
Cielo e mar! Act II Scene IV
E un anatema! Act II Scene VII
Laura, Laura, ove sei? Act II Scene VIII
D'un vampiro fatal Act III Scene II
Suicidio! Act IV Scene II
Ecco il velen di Laura Act IV Scene II
Cosi mantieni il patto? Act IV Scene VI
