[Met Performance] CID:168210



La Gioconda
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, March 9, 1955

Debut : Giorgio Tozzi




La Gioconda (172)
Amilcare Ponchielli | Arrigo Boito
La Gioconda
Zinka Milanov

Enzo
Kurt Baum

Laura
Nell Rankin

Barnaba
Leonard Warren

Alvise
Giorgio Tozzi [Debut]

La Cieca
Sandra Warfield

Zu?ne
George Cehanovsky

Is?po
Alessio De Paolis

Monk
Norman Scott

Steersman
Louis Sgarro

Singer
James McCracken

Singer
Calvin Marsh

Dance
Mia Slavenska

Dance
Adriano Vitale


Conductor
Fausto Cleva


Director
D?sir? Defr?re

Set Designer
Antonio Rovescalli

Set Designer
Joseph Novak

Costume Designer
Mathilde Castel-Bert

Choreographer
Zachary Solov





La Gioconda received four performances this season.

Review 1:

Review of Harriett Johnson in the New York Post

Tozzi Debut in 'Gioconda'

The blood and thunder of Ponchielli's "La Gioconda" were back at Metropolitan last night for the first time since the 1952-53 season with several assets and some liabilities, including the antique sets and Zachary Solov's clumsy choreography for the ballet. Mia Slavenska's brilliant dancing in the "Dance of the Hours" was in spite of the ineptness of the choreography with which she was surrounded.

Zinka Milanov outdid even herself in the title role, singing with

moving dramatic intensity and an exciting beauty of vocalism. Judging by Milanov's performances lately, we suggest that the advent of Renata Tebaldi has been the best kind of tonic.

Giorgio Tozzi. bass, making a delayed Met debut as the revengeful Alvise, proved to have a voice of beautiful quality. Though not large, it was rich in texture and expertly handled both as to characterization and technique. In addition, he makes a handsome and imposing figure. Fausto Cleva conducted a dynamic performance which was also generally well sung by the rest of the cast, too numerous to mention here.

Photograph of Giorgio Tozzi as Alvise in La Gioconda by Sedge LeBlang.



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