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opera
La Gioconda, based on Victor Hugo’s play,
“Angelo, Tyrant of Padua,” is the most successful
of Ponchielli’s operas, and lends expansive drama, opulent
scenery, and supreme irony to the most basic of all human
desires, the need of one individual for another.
The familiar ballet suite, “Dance of the Hours,”
from Act III is replaced in this production by a pantomime
to preserve the dramatic continuity of the work.
First premiered at la Scala in 1876, La Gioconda was produced
in Santiago, Chile, and at Covent Garden in London before
coming to the Met in 1883. This production marks it’s
Dallas / Ft. Worth premire.
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La Gioconda
Presented by the Ft. Worth Opera
Conducted by John Balme
Directed by James Poulliott
Scenery by Allen Charles Klein
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