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Hungarian State Opera

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera House

Ballet

Hungarian National Ballet

Stage director

Stage director (+4)

András Almási-Tóth

Lighting designer

Tamás Pillinger

Set designer

Composer (+2)

Krisztina Lisztopád

Costume designer

Bori Tóth

Choreographer

Choreographer (+1)

Dóra Barta

Chorusmaster

Chorusmaster (+7)

Gábor Csiki

Contralto (+5)

Atala Schöck

La Cieca

Baritone (+4)

Csaba Szegedi

Barnaba

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Andrea Szántó

Laura Adorno

Bass (+5)

Krisztián Cser

Alvise Badoero

Baritone (+2)

Boldizsár Zajkás

Zuane

Tenor (+1)

Gergely Biri

Isepo

Hungarian State Opera House

Chorus

Chorus of the Hungarian State Opera

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

János Kovács

Soprano

Francesca Tiburzi

La Gioconda

Stefano La Colla

Enzo Grimaldo

István Kovácsházi

Soprano (+1)

Zsuzsanna Ádám

Ponchielli's most famous opera whisks the audience back to the magical, but at the same time, dangerous Venetian Republic of the 17th century. The piece's protagonist is a street singer named Gioconda. In spite of her name, which means “the jovial one”, her life takes a tragic turn owing to the intrigues of a diabolically evil figure who is hopelessly in love with her.
Ponchielli and Boito employ nearly every available trope of grand opéra: the carnival masquerade, the love triangle, unexpected twists, poison, a blind woman denounced as a witch, stirring crowd scenes – and dance: the best-known part of the opera is the ballet interlude the Dance of the Hours.
This work in the style of French and Italian grand opera premiered in a production directed by András Almási-Tóth.

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Budapest

Hungary