Performance

VenueOpera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From22nd July 2008
To9th August 2008
WhenIn rep, check dates.
What is currently on at Opera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre (V203)

La Gioconda

T548734535
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.
Music Amilcare Ponchielli
Lyrics Arrigo Boito


Archive :: production:T548734535, opera or operetta:S520709093, venue:V203

Production details

Approximate finish time 22:30

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Company

Corporate 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)
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