Description
Ponchielli: La Gioconda - Milanov, Di Stefano, Warren / Orchestra e coro dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Fernando Previtali / Grand Opera / Decca 3x Audio CD / 444 598-2
UPC 028944459821
La Gioconda is an opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito (as Tobia Gorrio), based on Angelo, Tyrant of Padua, a 1835 play in prose by Victor Hugo (the same source Gaetano Rossi had used for his libretto for Mercadante's Il giuramento in 1837).
First performed in 1876, La Gioconda was a major success for Ponchielli, as well as the most successful new Italian opera between Verdi's Aida (1871) and Otello (1887). It is also a famous example of the Italian genre of Grande opera, the equivalent of French Grand-Opéra.
Ponchielli revised the work twice; the third and final version (that is used to this day) was first performed in 1880. There are several complete recordings of the opera, and it is regularly performed, especially in Italy. It is one of only a few operas that features a principal role for each of the six major voice types. The opera also includes the famous ballet Dance of the Hours, often performed separately or in parody.
| Label: | Decca – 444 598-2 |
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| Series: | Grand Opera |
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3 x CD
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| Country: | Germany |
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| Genre: | Opera |
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La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov
La Cieca - Belen Amparan
Enzo Grimaldo - Giuseppe di Stefano
Alvise Badoero - Plinio Clabassi
Laura Adorno - Rosalind Elias
Barnaba - Leonard Warren
Zuane - Fernando Valentini
Isepo - Giacomo Cottino
Un cantore - Virgilio Carbonari
Un pilota - Fernando Valentini
- Orchestra - Orchestra e coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
- Conducted - Fernando Previtall
