La Gioconda

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Composer
Amilcare Ponchielli
Librettist
Arrigo Boito
Based On

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

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1947
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Dick Marzollo
Stage Director(s)
Armando Agnini
Set Designer(s)
Armando Agnini
Eugene Dunkel
Choreographer
Willam Christensen
Chorus Director
Kurt Herbert Adler

Cast

La Gioconda, a ballad singer
Stella Roman(9/30)
Regina Resnik(10/16)
La Cieca, her blind mother
Margaret Harshaw
Alvise, a leader of the Inquisition
Nicola Moscona
Laura Adorno, his wife
Blanche Thebom
Enzo Grimaldo, a Genoese noble
Kurt Baum
Barnaba, a spy of the Inquisition
Leonard Warren
Zuane, a boatman
Norman Benson(9/30)
Patrick McVey(10/16)
Cantor
Patrick McVey(9/30)
Norman Benson(10/16)
Isepo, a public letter-writer
George Tallone
Pilot
Robin Nelson
Monk
Desire Ligeti
Voice
Evaristo Alibertini
George Tallone

Show Dates

Time and Place

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

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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Sets painted by Eugene Dunkel and constructed in the Studios of the San Francisco Opera Association 

Dancers