Opera in four acts
Music by Ponchielli
Libretto by ARRIGO Boito after Victor Hugo Sung In Italian gramophone records Cast In order of singIng:
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
OF THE
ACCADEMIA DI SANTA CECILIA, ROME Conducted by LAMBERTO GARDELLI
The action takes place in Venice. in the seventeenth century
Act 1
Outside the Doge's palace
3.53* Act 2
The deck of a brigantine moored to an island In the Fusina lagoon
4.35* Interval
5.0* Act 3
Scene 1 An anteroom in Alvtse's house
Scene 2 The ballroom of the house
5.40* Act 4
A ruined palace on the Island of Giudecca
DURING THE INTERVAL (4.35*-5.0*)
JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
Sonata in G minor, Op. 5 No. 6
4.51* Sonata in A major, Op. 17
No. 5 played by † Joan DAVIES (piano)