Libretto
Tobia Gorrio, alias Arrigo Boito (after Victor Hugos play " Angelo, tyran de Padoue")
Premiere
8 April 1876, Milan (La Scala)
Cast
LA GIOCONDA (soprano)
LA CIECA (contralto)
ALVISE BADOERO (bass)
LAURA (mezzo-soprano)
ENZO GRIMALDO (tenore)
BARNABA (baritone)
ZUANE (baritone)
SINGER (bass)
ISEPO (tenor)
PILOT (bass)
CHORUS
monks, senators, sailors, shipwrights, ladies, gentlemen, populace, masquers, guards
Place
Time
17th century