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La Gioconda was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 8 April 1876 with Italian soprano Maddalena Mariani Masi in the title role and Spanish tenor Julián Gayarre as Enzo. [2]
La Gioconda plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips.
Watch movie and read libretto and translation of Enzo Grimaldo principe di Santafior, an aria for tenor from the Italian opera La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli.
Gioconda leads in La Cieca, her blind mother. There is a tender duet between them: "Figlia, che reggi il tremulo" (Daughter, in thee my faltering steps). Barnaba is in love with the ballad singer, who has several times repulsed him.
La Gioconda. Dramma lirico in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886) Libretto by Arrigo Boito after 'Angelo, tyrant of Padua' by Victor Hugo. First performance in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 8 April 1876. Subtitles available for this program with your remote control.
18 sty 2024 · Italian lyric tenor Renato Cioni was a handsome presence, although possessing a lighter voice than I would have expected for the role of the nobleman Enzo Grimaldo. That said, Cioni ardently performed the role’s showpiece aria, Cielo e mar, another one of the greatest arias of the mid-19th century.
8 kwi 2017 · On Feb. 18, 1964, the tenor performed the opera with the Philadelphia Lyric Opera with a cast that included Mary Curtis-Verna and Mignon Dunn. He also performed the opera in the same city on Oct. 18, 1966, with Tebaldi and Dunn. Anton Guadagno conducted both performances.
