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Ponchielli - La Gioconda / Voigt, Fiorillo, Podles, Margison, Guelfi, Colombara, Callegari, Pizzi (Gran...

Release Date: 2006-09-26, Rating NR (Not Rated),  

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Nov-25-2007

Scrutinizing "La Gioconda"

Let's do some justice here;there aren't many grounds to stage such an ordinary opera and its ridiculous plot just as "La Gioconda" surely is.A fine and powerful soprano performing the title role would be a strong reason to do that.You must to hear the thing at live once to catch...

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  • Posted: May-06-2007

TOP NOTCH PRODUCTION

This is the most satisfctory of DVD opera recordings. All of the singers project beautifully and the ballet is memorable. The only downside is the lack of hair on the hero.

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  • Posted: Dec-07-2006

Best Gioconda on DVD or VHS

Excellent conducting, wonderful Deborah Voight, and all other principles make for a gripping experience of this often ridiculed opera. The Cieca, Barnaba, Enzo, Alvize..all are superbly sung, and this is a very demanding opera on all voices..but here there is sheer beauty and high drama and high...

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  • Posted: Nov-03-2006

A Good, Not Great, Gioconda

Ponchielli's La Gioconda is exceedingly difficult to mount, largely because it requires six principal singers who are not only larger than life but required to sing very difficult music. There is no completely satisfying CD set of the opera, and the same is, alas, true of the choice of DVDs. This...

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  • Posted: Sep-16-2006

La Gioconda at the Liceu

Ponchielli was a contemporary of Verdi. Arrigo Boito, the composer of the opera Mefistofele, and the librettist of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra and his two final masterpieces, Otello and Falstaff, wrote the libretto for this opera. La Gioconda is a beautiful opera although not on the level of Verdi's...

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