LA GIOCONDA – PONCHIELLI
Presented on Apr 22, 24, 26 at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin and on Apr 28, 30 at the Opera House Cork as part of the Dublin Grand Opera Society’s Spring Season
Lorenza Canepa – Gioconda
Ernesto Veronelli – Enzo
Bernadette Greevy – Laura
Antonio Salvadori – Barnaba
Ruth Maher – Cieca
Aurio Tomicich – Alvise
Frank Dunne – Isepo / Singer
Seán Mitten – Zuane
Frank O’Brien – Pilot / Monk
Napoleone Annovazzi – Conductor
Dario Micheli – Producer
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Veronelli was back to his best later to sing Enzo in “La Gioconda”; in fact during the company’s visit to the Opera House Cork he also sang Manrico to great acclaim. Bernadette Greevy sang Laura in Dario Micheli’s production of “Gioconda” and Patrick Murray did the sets which were described as ‘both evocative and spectacular’ . According to Mary MacGoris (Irish Independent) it was an absorbing first night with the Irish Ballet Company performing beautiflilly in the ‘Dance of the Hours’ and the opera principals, notably soprano Lorenza Canepa in the title role and Antonio Salvadori (Barnaba) first-rate. In her view, Bernadette Greevy’s voice was ‘strong and splendid’ as Laura while Ruth Maher, as the blind woman, conveyed the part beautifully.
(Extracted from “Love and Music: The Glorious History of the Dublin Grand Opera Society” by Gus Smith, 1998)
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