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Coming up:

April 4 at 1 p.m.

The Metropolitan Opera
Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda

CAST:
Renata Tebaldi as La Gioconda
Carlo Bergonzi as Enzo
Fiorenza Cossotto as Laura
Cornell MacNeil as Barnaba
Mignon Dunn as La Cieca
Bonaldo Giaotti as Alvise

CONDUCTOR:
Maestro Fausto Cleva

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