La Gioconda

“A fine performance of consistently high quality”

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.

Screenplay

Arrigo Boito

Director

Filippo Sanjust

Music

Amilcare Ponchielli

Director

Hugo Käch

Status

Released

Release date

01/12/1986

Original language

Italian