Writer-director Randy Schulman breaks theatrical ground in “La Gioconda,” his frequently brilliant world-premiere piece at Stages Theater Center. Set in Italy -- and later France -- in 1911, “La ...

La Gioconda is an opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito (as Tobia Gorrio), based on Angelo, Tyrant of Padua, a play in prose by Victor Hugo, dating from ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Amilcare Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda (no link whatsoever with the ...

Opera is a very difficult genre to stage nowadays. It is either staged in its classical version, which doesn't necessarily appeal to young audiences in search of flashy, special effects theatrical ...