Recorded live at the Vienna State Opera, Placido Domingo and Eva Marton star in a sumptuous recording of Ponchielli's famed four-act melodrama, a story of tyranny and intrigue set in semi-historical and ever-romantic Venice. The action is projected by strong characters whose fundamentally sound instincts become distorted by raw passion. The performance draws upon both human and technical resources including a large ballet and varies in mood from the happy carnival to scenes of the darkest gloom and horror.
Éva Marton
as Gioconda
Plácido Domingo
as Enzo
Ludmila Semtschuk
as Laura
Matteo Manuguerra
as Barnaba
Margarita Lilova
as Cieca
Kurt Rydl
as Alvise
Alfred Šramek
as Zuàne
Alfred Burgstaller
as A Minstrel
Jorge Pita
as Isèpo
Goran Simić
as A Pilot
Benedict Kobel
as 1st Gondolier
Peter Köves
as 2nd Gndolier
