La Gioconda (opera) opera", the equivalent of French "Grand-Opéra". Ponchielli revised the work several times; the version that is played today was first given in 1880. There are several complete recordings of the opera, and it is regularly performed, especially in Italy. It is one of only a few operas that features a principal role for each of the six major voice types. "La Gioconda" was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 8 April 1876. It was especially successful in its third and final version first seen at the same theatre on 28 March 1880. The opera had its American
Vilnius City Opera Vilnius City Opera Vilnius City Opera - a team of independent artists, which started in 2006, when director Dalia Ibelhauptaitė , conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius and scene artist Juozas Statkevičius joined their forces together in staging opera by Giacomo Puccini "La bohème". The artists called themselves "bohemiečiai" ("the Bohemians") since then. After 8 years of activity the troupe acquired a status of professional theatre and became a "Vilnius City Opera". "Vilnius City Opera" has no building and staging operas in Vilnius Congress Concert Hall. One of the main aims of VCO is to make opera genre more widely available, to liberate