La Gioconda

Drama, Music · 1986

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.

Starring

Éva Marton, Victor Hugo, Filippo Sanjust, Plácido Domingo, Ludmila Semtschuk, Arrigo Boito, Hugo Käch, Matteo Manuguerra, Margarita Lilova, Amilcare Ponchielli

Director

Hugo Käch