Composer
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
Monk
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