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La Gioconda

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Opera in four acts Music by Amileare Ponchiellt
Libretto by ARRIGO BOITO after VICTOR HUGO
(sung in Italian: records)
LONDON OPERA CHORUS FINCHLEY CHILDREN S MUSIC GROUP
NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by BRUNO BARTOLETTI Acts I and 2

Contributors

Music By:
Amileare Ponchiellt
Unknown:
Arrigo Boito
Unknown:
Victor Hugo
Conducted By:
Bruno Bartoletti
Barnaba. a spy of the inquisition:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
La Gioconda. a street singer, in love with Enzo:
Montserrat Caballe (soprano)
La Cieca, her blind mother:
Alfreba Hodgson (contralto)
Zuane a gondolier:
John Del Carlo (bass)
Iscpo, a scribe:
Regolo Romani (tenor)
Enzo Grimaldo, a Genoese nobleman, in love with Laura:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Laura Adorno, wife of Alvise:
Agnes Baltsa( Mezzo-Soprano)
Alvise Badoero, an official of the Venetian State:
Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)
Priest:
Rodney McCann (bass)
Helmsman:
Neil Jenkins (tenor)
Voices from the lagoon:
Neil Jenkins (tenor)
Voices from the lagoon:
Geoffrey Shaw (bass)
A singer:
Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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