La Gioconda
A fine performance of consistently high quality
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
Ludmila Semtschuk
Laura
Matteo Manuguerra
Barnaba
Margarita Lilova
Cieca
Kurt Rydl
Alvise
Alfred Šramek
Zuàne
Alfred Burgstaller
A Minstrel
Jorge Pita
Isèpo
Goran Simić
A Pilot
Benedict Kobel
1st Gondolier
Peter Köves
2nd Gndolier
