Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: A revival of La Gioconda is always an operatic event, as it calls for the best, and the best in abundance, from any opera house which presents it. With a story set in Venice, unequalied for a romantic setting, La Gioconda is in itself an all-star gala, as it gives all its characters thrilling arias, duets and trios, a grand ensemble and one of opera's most popular and grand ballets.