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
1967
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Giuseppe Patanè
Stage Director(s)
Lotfi Mansouri
Designer
Eugene Dunkel
Chorus Director
Vincenzo Giannini
Choreographer
Thomas Andrew
Costumers
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Barnaba
Chester Ludgin
La Gioconda
Leyla Gencer
La Cieca
Maureen Forrester
Zuàne
Allan Monk
Isèpo
L. D. Clements
Enzo Grimaldo
Renato Cioni
Laura Adorno
Grace Bumbry
Alvise Badoero
Ara Berberian
Monk
Clifford Grant
Steersman
Richard Styles
First singer
John Beauchamp
Second singer
William Booth
Voice
Jonathan Huie
Eugene Lawrence
Solo Dancer(s)
Sandra Balestracci
David Coll
Diana Marks
Joan de Vere

Show Dates

Time and Place

Seventeenth century Venice

Scenes

Act I -- Courtyard of the ducal palace
Act II -- A lagoon near Venice
Act III, Scene 1 -- A room in Alvise's palace
Scene 2 -- Great hall in the Ca d'Oro
Act IV -- A ruined palace on the island of Giudecca

Media

Notes

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

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"La Gioconda" opened the 1967 season. 

San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director 

The San Francisco Opera Association gratefully acknowledges the donation of opening night floral decorations by Ah Sam, San Mateo

Dancers