

A fine performance of consistently high quality
December 1, 1986
2h 48m
IT
Filippo Sanjust
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.

Éva Marton
Gioconda

Plácido Domingo
Enzo

Ludmila Semtschuk
Laura

Matteo Manuguerra

Arrigo Boito
1
Barnaba

Margarita Lilova
Cieca

Kurt Rydl
Alvise

Alfred Šramek
Zuàne

Alfred Burgstaller
A Minstrel

Jorge Pita
Isèpo

Goran Simić
A Pilot
ArtHaus
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