“LA GIOCONDA : Ponchielli
Original Air Date: 01/03/1953
Cast: Cleva; Milanov, Baum, Warren, Barbieri, Siepi
Media: MOD Audio SID.18300532 Tags: Archive; 2018
This is a big voiced Gioconda cast– the work does not call for chamber voices and this is the third of Milanov’s 7 broadcasts of the street singer. Baum is on a lower plane than the other starry principals, but for Gioconda aficionados (I’m one), this is a performance to enjoy.”
