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A short ballet within Act III of Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda, depicting dawn, day, twilight, and night through solo and ensemble dances. The choreography, lighting, and costume changes symbolize the struggle between light and darkness.
Walter, a Lithuanian disguised as a Teutonic Grand Master, secretly turns the Order’s strength against itself to free Lithuania. His wife Aldona finds him after the plot is exposed; rather than face capture, he takes poison and dies as Lithuania celebrates victory.
Set in Valencia in the early 17th century during Philip III’s expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain.
In 17th-century Venice, the singer Gioconda loves Enzo, who has returned in disguise to elope with Laura, his former fiancée. The spy Barnaba exposes their plans to Laura’s husband Alvise, but Gioconda saves Laura after recognizing that she once protected Gioconda’s blind mother. Gioconda later replaces the poison Alvise gives Laura with a drug that makes her appear dead. When Enzo and Laura escape together, Gioconda faces Barnaba and stabs herself; he then reveals that he has drowned her mother.
In Spanish-ruled Flanders, the Duke of Alba discovers that the rebel leader Marcello is his long-lost son and arrests him. Marcello accepts his father to save Amelia and their fellow rebels, but Amelia remains determined to kill the Duke. At Antwerp, Marcello shields Alba from Amelia’s attack and is killed by her.
A short ballet within Act III of Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda, depicting dawn, day, twilight, and night through solo and ensemble dances. The choreography, lighting, and costume changes symbolize the struggle between light and darkness.
Walter, a Lithuanian disguised as a Teutonic Grand Master, secretly turns the Order’s strength against itself to free Lithuania. His wife Aldona finds him after the plot is exposed; rather than face capture, he takes poison and dies as Lithuania celebrates victory.
Set in Valencia in the early 17th century during Philip III’s expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain.
In 17th-century Venice, the singer Gioconda loves Enzo, who has returned in disguise to elope with Laura, his former fiancée. The spy Barnaba exposes their plans to Laura’s husband Alvise, but Gioconda saves Laura after recognizing that she once protected Gioconda’s blind mother. Gioconda later replaces the poison Alvise gives Laura with a drug that makes her appear dead. When Enzo and Laura escape together, Gioconda faces Barnaba and stabs herself; he then reveals that he has drowned her mother.
In Spanish-ruled Flanders, the Duke of Alba discovers that the rebel leader Marcello is his long-lost son and arrests him. Marcello accepts his father to save Amelia and their fellow rebels, but Amelia remains determined to kill the Duke. At Antwerp, Marcello shields Alba from Amelia’s attack and is killed by her.