"La Gioconda"
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Gran Teatre del Liceu La Rambla 51-59, 08002 Barcelona
La Gioconda. Photo courtesy of El Gran Teatre del Liceu.
In 17th-century Venice, Enzo Grimaldo has abandoned the unfortunate Gioconda – whose mother, La Cieca, is accused of witchcraft – and is now in love with Laura, the wife of Alvise. This emblematic work, from the period between Verdi's heyday and the dawn of Verismo, is the best known of Amilcare Ponchielli's operas. In addition to the famous 'Dance of the Hours' and Gioconda's suicide aria, La Gioconda contains many other superbly lyrical examples of post-Romantic sensibility. The masterful orchestration and the vocal writing of roles such as Laura, La Cieca, Enzo Grimaldo and Barnaba, are other key facets. The distinguished cast will be headed by Iréne Theorin, hailed as one of the best dramatic sopranos of our times, who has earned long ovations at the Liceu for her performances in Wagnerian roles. Now she appears in Barcelona once more to give us her long-awaited Gioconda.
Opera in four acts. Libretto by Arrigo Boito. World premiere: 08/4/1876 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. First Barcelona performance: 26/02/1883 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Last Liceu performance: 25/10/2005. Number of Liceu performances: 144.
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