La Gioconda
Ph. Martinez
From 7 to 25 June 2022
Amilcare Ponchielli
Teatro alla Scala New Production
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Treble Voices and the students of the Ballet School of the Teatro alla Scala Academy
| Conductor | Frédéric Chaslin |
| Staging | Davide Livermore |
| Sets | Giò Forma |
| Costumes | Mariana Fracasso |
| Lights | Antonio Castro |
| Video Designer | D-WOK |
| Choreography | Frédéric Olivieri |
| Chorus Master | Alberto Malazzi |
CAST |
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| La Gioconda | Sonya Yoncheva |
| Laura | Daniela Barcellona |
| Alvise Badoero | Erwin Schrott |
| La Cieca | Anna Maria Chiuri |
| Enzo Grimaldo | Fabio Sartori |
| Barnaba | Roberto Frontali |
| Zuàne | Fabrizio Beggi |
| A singer | Giorgio Valerio |
| Isèpo | Francesco Pittari |
| Barnabotto | Guillermo Esteban Bussolini |
Although unusual and difficult to classify, Ponchielli’s spectacular opera is always felt to be a special event by opera lovers. The libretto by Tovia Gorrio, nom de plume of Arrigo Boito, drawing on Victor Hugo’s prose, sketches a dark and mysterious Venice, theatre of passional excesses and crimes, which is perfectly mirrored by the composer’s generous and captivating melodic vein. A historical fresco with Scapigliatura overtones featuring six protagonists, one for each voice type.
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