Overview
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.
Cast
- Éva Marton as Gioconda
- Plácido Domingo as Enzo
- Ludmila Semtschuk as Laura
- Matteo Manuguerra as Barnaba
- Margarita Lilova as Cieca
- Kurt Rydl as Alvise
- Alfred Šramek as Zuàne
- Alfred Burgstaller as A Minstrel
- Jorge Pita as Isèpo
- Goran Simić as A Pilot