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ComposerPonchielli, Amilcare (1834-1886)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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MadridPonchielli - La Gioconda

© Manuel Alcorlo
Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Marco Armiliato; Teatro Real; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real; Coro Titular del Teatro Real; Anna Netrebko; Yusif Eyvazov

LondonLa GiocondaNew production

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Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Sir Antonio Pappano; Oliver Mears; The Royal Opera; Philipp Fürhofer; Annemarie Woods; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Visually splendid, dramatically parched La Gioconda in Budapest

Andrea Szántó (Laura) and Francesca Tiburzi (La Gioconda) © Valter Berecz | Hungarian State Opera
Hungarian State Opera's cut-down, dramatically inert Gioconda fails to ignite the stage in Budapest, despite a solid musical foundation. 
***11
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Anna Netrebko shines in a starry triumph for La Gioconda in Naples

Anna Netrebko (La Gioconda) © Luciano Romano
A traditional staging by Romain Gilbert is welcomed at the Teatro di San Carlo, with a glittering line-up of soloists. 
*****
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Into the lion's mouth: Ponchielli's La Gioconda at Grange Park Opera

No hippos in tutus for The Dance of the Hours, but panto frolics abound in Stephen Madcalf's staging in the idyllic Theatre in the Woods. 
***11
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ParisLa Gioconda

© Andrea Messana
Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Daniel Oren; Pier Luigi Pizzi; Opéra national de Paris; Sergio Rossi; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

NaplesLa GiocondaNew production

Anna Netrebko (La Gioconda) © Luciano Romano
Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Pinchas Steinberg; Romain Gilbert; Teatro di San Carlo; Étienne Pluss; Christian Lacroix; Valerio Tiberi; Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
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