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La Gioconda (Los Angeles)

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Librettist
Based On

the play "Angelo, Tyran de Padoue" by Victor Hugo

Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1948
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Choreography by

Cast

La Gioconda, a ballad singer
La Cieca, her blind mother
Alvise Badoero, a leader of the Inquisition
Laura, his wife
Enzo Grimaldo, a Genoese noble
Barnaba, a spy of the Inquisition
Zuane, a boatman
Cantor
Isepo, a public letter-writer
Pilot
Solo Dancer(s)

Show Dates

Time and Place

Seventeenth century; Venice

Scenes

Act I -- Courtyard of Ducal Palace
Act II -- Lagoon near City -- Night
Act III, Scene 1 -- Room in Palace of Alvise
Scene 2 -- Great Hall in the Ca d'Oro
Act IV -- A Ruined Palace on an Island near Venice

Notes

Corps de Ballet