Details

The Ballad Singer, after the Victor Hugo play "Angelo, Tyrant of Padua". First performed 8/4/1876 though modified soon after. Four acts (The Lion's Mouth, The Rosary, The House of Gold and The Orfano Canal). Set in Venice in the 17th Century. La Gioconda's moth is accused of witchcraft but rescued by Enzo, whom she loves but who is in love with Laura, the wife of Alvise. Alvise tells his wife to take poison, but she is saved by La Gioconda but Enzo believes she is dead and is arrested. To save Enzo, la Gioconda agrees to yield to Barnaba, who loves her, but at the last minute she kills herself - just as he admits to strangling her mother to death.

Creatives/Company

Music: Amilcare Ponchielli
Lyrics: Arrigo Boito

Archive listings for La Gioconda

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T01402056007 Performer Joseph Calleja. Performer Amanda Echalaz. Performer Alexander Krasnov. Performer Ruxandra Donose. Performer Elizabeth Fiorillo. Performer David Stout. Director Stephen Medcalf. Conductor Stephen Barlow. Design Fancis O'Connor.
11 Jun 22 to 13 Jul 22	Grange Park Opera, West Horsley :: V01390425589 listing details L01402124136
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4 Jun 20 to 12 Jul 20	Grange Park Opera, West Horsley :: V01390425589 listing details L0879297546
T548734535 Approximate finish time 22:30Corporate Sponsor Opera Holland Park Friends Ambassadors. Company Opera Holland Park. Conductor Peter Robinson. Director Martin Lloyd-Evans. Design Jamie Vartan. Performer Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (La Gioconda). Performer Vadim Zaplechny (Enzo Grimaldi). Performer Yvonne Howard (Laura Adorno). Performer David Soar (Alvise Badoero). Performer Nuala Willis (La Cieca). Performer Olafur Sugurdarson (Barnaba).
22 Jul 08 to 9 Aug 08	Opera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre, Inner London :: V203 listing details L0800104162
T1950201028 Concert performance. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Approx running time 2 hours 30 minsConductor Antonio Pappano. Performer Violeta Urmana (Gioconda). Performer Marcello Giordani (Enzo). Performer Alexandru Agache (Barnaba). Performer Mariana Pentcheva (Laura). Performer Eric Halfvarson (Alvise Badoero). Performer Jill Grove (La Cieca). Performer Graeme Broadbent (Zuane). Performer Matthew Rose (Un Barnabotto).
6 Sep 04 to 9 Sep 04	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L1385647279
T01967759929 WebsiteCompany Bath Opera.
19 Feb 04 to 21 Feb 04	General, Bath :: V0649096071 listing details L731399838
T01472379260 La Gioconda, which ENO has never staged, will be sung in Italian.Company English National Opera. Conductor Paul Daniel. Lighting Davy Cunningham. Performer Jane Eaglen. Performer Dennis O'Neill (tenor). Performer Anne-Marie Owens (Laura). Performer Alastair Miles (Alvise). Performer Catherine Wyn-Rogers (La Cieca). Performer Roberto Salvatori (Barnaba). Performer Mark Richardson (Zuane). Performer Richard Roberts (Isepo).
23 Sep 00 to 26 Sep 00	London Coliseum, West End :: V376 listing details L746323311
T01580075242 Sung in Italian.Company Opera North. Director Philip Prowse. Conductor Oliver von Dohnanyi. Design Philip Prowse. Lighting Gerry Jenkinson. Choreographer Geoffrey Jenkinson. Performer Jonathan Summers (Barnaba). Performer Clare Rutter (La Gioconda). Performer David Maxwell Anderson (Enzo). Performer Clive Bayley (Alivse). Performer Gillian Knight (La Cieca).
21 Jun 00 to 24 Jun 00	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V570 listing details L02039027449
13 Jun 00 to 16 Jun 00	Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L0933796277
T01075196378 Sung in Italian.Company Opera North. Director Philip Prowse. Conductor Oliver von Dohnanyi. Design Philip Prowse. Lighting Gerry Jenkinson. Choreographer Geoffrey Cauley. Performer Jonathan Summers (Barnaba). Performer Clare Rutter (La Gioconda). Performer David Maxwell Anderson (Enzo). Performer Clive Bayley (Alivse). Performer Gillian Knight (La Cieca).
6 Jun 00 to 9 Jun 00	The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L01651328295
29 Apr 00 to 1 Jun 00	Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds :: V975 listing details L0218126860