
Above: Eva Marton and Margarita Lilowa in the opening scene of LA GIOCONDA
A rather odd collection of excerpts from a performance of Ponchielli's LA GIOCONDA given at Vienna in 1986 is available on YouTube. The principal roles are sung by Eva Marton (Gioconda), Ludmila Sementshuk (Laura), Margarita Lilowa (Cieca), Placido Domingo (Enzo), Matteo Manuguerra (Barnaba), and Kurt Rydl (Alvise). Adam Fischer conducts.
Watch and listen here.
I am not sure why some scenes were included, and others - more interesting - were not; the editing is haphazard. But it's nice to have a souvenir that recalls the performances of the opera at The Met with Marton and Domingo during the 1982-1983 season. Marton was a passionate Gioconda, and Domingo's dreamy falsetto at "...o sogni d'or" in his great aria is so pleasing to hear.

Above: Margarita Lilowa
And I always enjoy Margarita Lilowa's performances.
Actually, as I watched the excerpts included in this YouTube presentation, I remembered that this performance was previously available on VHS, and later on DVD and BluRay. For now, the YouTube highlights will suffice.