La Gioconda (opera)
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La Gioconda is an opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Angelo, Tyrant of Padua, a 1835 play in prose by Victor Hugo.
Cover of the original 1876 libretto
Cast of the fourth version premiere at the Politeama Genovese, 1879. Left to right: Francesco Marconi, Flora Mariani De Angelis, Gialdino Gialdini, Edouard De Reszke, Gustavo Moriami, Maddalena Mariani Masi, Giuditta Celega. Amilcare Ponchielli seated center.
Gioconda's Act II costume (from the original 1876 production) by Alfredo Edel.
Renata Tebaldi
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Renata Tebaldi was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano popular in the post-war period, and especially prominent as one of the stars of La Scala, San Carlo and, especially, the Metropolitan Opera. Often c
Tebaldi in 1974
Tebaldi with Giuseppe Di Stefano in Rome, 1960
Renata Tebaldi, 1961
Garden in Milan dedicated to Renata Tebaldi