La Gioconda
A fine performance of consistently high quality
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.
- Year: 1986
- Country: Austria
- Genre: Music
- Studio: ArtHaus
- Keyword: opera live performance
- Director: Filippo Sanjust, Hugo Käch
- Cast: Éva Marton, Plácido Domingo, Ludmila Semtschuk, Matteo Manuguerra, Margarita Lilova, Kurt Rydl