La Gioconda

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.

Director: Filippo Sanjust, Hugo Käch

Cast: Éva Marton, Plácido Domingo, Ludmila Semtschuk, Matteo Manuguerra, Margarita Lilova, Kurt Rydl, Alfred Šramek, Alfred Burgstaller

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.