Ponchielli: La Gioconda

Ponchielli: La Gioconda

Maria Callas

Amilcare Ponchielli

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The character of Gioconda is one of the most tragic in the whole history of Italian opera: an altruistic cantatrice who sacrifices everything, to the death, to secure the escape of the man she loves with her rival. Who was better suited than Maria Callas to assume such a role? La Giocon

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