La Gioconda

A fine performance of consistently high quality

La Gioconda — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 1, 1986
• Runtime
• 168 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Filippo Sanjust

La Gioconda — Cast

Éva Marton Gioconda Plácido Domingo Enzo

L

Ludmila Semtschuk Laura Matteo Manuguerra Barnaba

M

Margarita Lilova Cieca Kurt Rydl Alvise Alfred Šramek Zuàne

A

Alfred Burgstaller A Minstrel