La Gioconda (1979)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Introduced for the BBC by

      Bernard Keeffe

    • music performance

      San Francisco Opera Company

    • La Gioconda, a ballet singer

      Renata Scotto

    • La Cieca, her blind mother

      Margarita Lilova

    • Alvise Badoero, head of the Inquisition

      Ferruccio Furlanetto

    • Laura, his wife

      Stefania Toczyska

    • Enzo Grimaldo, exiled nobleman

      Luciano Pavarotti

    • Barnaba, spy of the Inquisition

      Norman Mittelmann

    • Zuane, a boatman

      John del Carlo

    • Isepo, a public letter writer

      Tony di Paolo

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Director, for KCET

      Kirk Browning

    Production:

    • Production Company

      BBC

    • Production Company

      KCET Los Angeles

    • Producer, for KCET

      John Goberman

    • Producer

      Lotfi Mansouri

    • Associate producer, for the BBC

      Kenneth Corden

    • Associate producer, for the BBC

      Denis Moriarty

    Writing:

    • Based on ANGELO, THE TYRANT OF PADUA by

      Victor Hugo

    Design:

    • Designer

      Zack Brown

    Music:

    • Music

      Amilcare Ponchielli

    • Lyricist

      Arrigo Boito

    • Conductor

      Bruno Bartoletti