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	La Gioconda (opera) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		La Gioconda was a major success for Ponchielli, especially in its third and latest version (Teatro alla Scala, Milan, March 28, 1880), as well as the greatest success in the history of Italian opera between Verdi's Aida (1871) and Otello (1887).
		Gioconda is about to stab Laura, but stops suddenly and, seizing her with one hand, points with the other out over the lagoon, where a boat bearing Alvise and his armed followers is seen approaching.
		Gioconda pours the poison from the vial into her own flask, and leaves the empty vial on the table.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/La_Gioconda_(opera) (2391 words)

	La Gioconda Tickets
		Gioconda does not know the identity of her rival and after a violent quarrel threatens to kill her with a dagger, or to leave her to the vengeance of her husband who, warned by Barnaba, is about to arrive with a boat.
		La Gioconda, with her singers, is also at the reception and, stealing secretly into Laura's room, substitutes a potent narcotic for the poison and bids Laura to drink it without fear.
		Gioconda's singers, who have managed to abduct the sleeping Laura, carry her to Gioconda's abode, a ruined castle, and place her on a couch behind a screen.
	www.myverona.com /myverona/Arena_verona/gioconda_Tickets_an.htm (1078 words)

	La Gioconda - Ponchielli
		Barnaba, with the keenness that is his as chief spy of the Inquisition, is quick to observe that, through her mask, Laura is gazing intently at Enzo, and that Enzo, in spite of Laura’s mask, appears to have recognized her and to be deeply affected by her presence.
		At that moment Gioconda and La Cieca emerge from the church, and Gioconda, seeing Barnaba, swiftly draws her mother behind a column, where the are hidden from view.
		When he has gone, Gioconda, who, anticipating the fate that might befall the woman who has saved her mother, has been in hiding in the palace, hastens to Laura, and hands her a flask containing a narcotic that will create the semblance of death.
	www.music-with-ease.com /la-gioconda-synopsis.html (2806 words)

	Mona Lisa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda (La Joconde), is a 16th-century oil painting on poplar wood by Leonardo da Vinci and is, perhaps, the most famous painting in Western art history or even the world.
		Both Mona Lisa and La Gioconda became established as titles for the painting in the 19th century.
		Some of these are about the painting itself, while others, such as the 1986 comedy drama Mona Lisa or the 2003 feminist drama Mona Lisa Smile with Julia Roberts are about women whose characters were inspired by the painting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mona_Lisa (4389 words)

	GIOCONDA BELLI
		Gioconda Belli talks about leaving her marriage for Nicaragua's Sandinistas and a tumultuous life of love affairs, espionage and power struggles.
		Nicaraguan writer and revolutionary Gioconda Belli begins her many-faceted and utterly involving autobiography--a poetic, penetrating and revelatory tale of love and war, literature and politics--by describing in visceral detail just how it feels to fire an AK-47 rifle.
		In a way that is utterly Nicaraguan, she recounts a true tale of passion, poetry, insurrection, death and seeming liberation, followed by an ugly ending that is mediated by a personal coda that is both salving and humane.
	www.arlindo-correia.com /020303.html (10788 words)

	Amilcare Ponchielli - La Gioconda - Opera Italiana - Classic Music
		Gioconda, who has overheard everything, rushes into the church and comes out supported by her blind mother.
		Gioconda tries to rekindle the love he once had for her, but it is useless.
		Gioconda is all alone now and is held back from suicide only when she thinks of her mother and the pact she has made with Barnaba.
	www.operaitaliana.com /opera_italiana/schedaopera.asp-ID=3&IDOp=47&Lingua=1.htm (961 words)

	Gioconda, La (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gioconda is betrothed to Enzo, disguised as a sailor, but recognised by Barnaba as a proscribed prince of Genoa and Laura's former suitor.
		Enzo's love for Laura is now renewed, to the dismay of Gioconda, who overhears a plot between Enzo and Barnaba, the latter having offered to arrange a meeting for Enzo with Laura.
		Gioconda, coming to her aid, substitutes for the poison a narcotic that will simulate death.
	www.naxos.com /NewDesign/fintro.files/bintro.files/operas/Gioconda_La.htm (465 words)

	Gioconda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Olivetti Gioconda is avaliable in two models: a desktop calculator and a printing calculator.
		The Olivetti Gioconda is avaliable in two colors: a smart anthracite grey and a brite electic blue.
		The Gioconda is a desktop calculator offering all the functions you need, with the guarantee of Olivetti expertise.
	www.olivettilexikon.com /cgi-bin2/olilexproduct/prodotti.asp?pd=B6961 (249 words)

	AZOpera La Gioconda Synopsis
		Barnaba has decided he must win Gioconda by proving her lover faithless, so he tells Enzo he can arrange for Laura to visit his ship that night.
		Gioconda has overheard, and as vespers sound, she laments Enzo's betrayal, comforted by her mother.
		Unable to harm her rival, Gioconda warns that Alvise is in hot pursuit and sends her to safety in a skiff.
	www.evermore.com /azo/97season/lg_syn.php3 (625 words)

	Welcome to Gioconda Yoga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gioconda is an Austin-based yoga instructor who practices Vinyasa Yoga, Hatha Yoga and Power Yoga.
		Gioconda maintains a regular schedule at Castle Hill Fitness in Austin and also holds special Yoga workshops and onsite workplace Yoga seminars.
		Gioconda's website features a Yoga Forum for students to view upcoming events, participate in a yoga discussion, check out the currently featured asana, or to join our practice community.
	www.giocondayoga.com (113 words)

	Learn - La Gioconda - Arizona Opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In gratitude, Gioconda's mother gives her a rosary ("Voce di donna.") Everyone goes off to church except Barnaba and Enzo, whom the spy recognizes as a banished Genoese nobleman formerly in love with Laura ("Enzo Grimaldo, Principe di Santafior, che pensi?")
		While Enzo prepares for his elopement, Laura prays to the Virgin for protection ("Stella del marinar!") Suddenly Gioconda appears, ready to do battle for Enzo ("L'amo come il fulgor.") Laura defies her and is about to be stabbed when Gioconda sees the rosary her mother gave Laura for saving her life.
		Gioconda's friends bring the sleeping Laura to Gioconda's ruined home on the Giudecca canal; the desolate street singer resolves to kill herself ("Suicidio!") Enzo bursts in to kill Gioconda for stealing Laura's body, but Laura herself awakes, and the lovers are reunited.
	azopera.vilocity.com /learn.php?subcat=operasynopsis&subpage=LaGioconda (682 words)

	Ponchielli: La Gioconda / Viotti, Domingo, Urmana, Et Al \| ArkivMusic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		La Gioconda is a ridiculous melodrama in which every moment is so fraught with angst that it's amazing the characters can carry on at all.
		Gioconda's famous soft, high B-flat in Act 1 is gorgeously handled, and elsewhere Urmana can ride over the orchestra at full blast and/or dip into a rich chest voice for effect (her ascent to the brief high-C that closes the third act's huge ensemble is both right on and audible).
		Out of all the recorded Giocondas, this one hangs together best, the tension is highest, and the orchestra plays the music as if it were as great as Verdi's.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=64263 (565 words)

	Books at Random House of Canada - Author Spotlight: Gioconda Belli
		Gioconda Belli’s poetry and fiction have been published in many languages.
		Until her early twenties, Gioconda Belli inhabited an upper-class cocoon: sheltered from the poverty in Managua in a world of country clubs and debutante balls; educated abroad; early marriage...
		Tras casarse muy jóven y ser madre, Gioconda Belli se unió al clandestino y emergente movimiento Sandinista, sustituyendo su deseo de ser una buena esposa por la necesidad de vivir una vida plena y comprometida con los cambios sociales en su país.
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/author.pperl?authorid=1895 (151 words)

	Kirkland & Ellis LLP \| Our Firm \| Lawyers
		Gioconda represents struggling actors and artists through the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, always on a pro bono basis.Â He is also active in the International Trademark Association (INTA).
		Gioconda was recently profiled in the highly-acclaimed book written by Tim Phillips titled Knockoff: The Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods.
		Gioconda was recently quoted in the following articles for his aggressive efforts in pursuing Hermès knockoff vendors.
	www.kirkland.com /ourFirm/lawyerBio.aspx?InfiniumH4ID=4601&employeeH4ID=24277&attorneyH4ID=8646 (192 words)

	Gioconda
		She had fire in her voice, stamina and a magnificent lower register - this was Gioconda with all passions Ponchieli demanded.
		Her broad, emotion-laden account of "Suicidio", indeed her whole account of Act 4, crowned one of the most exciting operatic performances to be heard in London.
		THE GUARDIAN, April 19 1983, Edward Greenfield, LA GIOCONDA, The moment that Ghena Dimitrova sailed in as La Gioconda in Ponchielli's opera, a figure to make mincemeat of any man on stage - with the possible exception of Placido Domingo - it was clear that a new star had arrived in our firmament.
	www.ghenadimitrova.com /english/gioconda.htm (379 words)

	Florence - Hotel La Gioconda
		The Hotel La Gioconda is in the very city centre between the railway station and the cathedral.
		It is an ancient building with a particular history, because in 1913 in this hotel has been recovered the famous painting "Monna Lisa" of Leonardo, stolen from the Louvre in 1911.
		The Hotel La Gioconda is composed of 25 rooms, many of them in quiet location.
	www.abaka.com /Italy/LaGioconda (165 words)

	La Gioconda font family : MyFonts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cresci’s exemplary letterforms were the direct influence for Richard Dawson and Dave Farey in the creation of La Gioconda, a type design which extends the usual Roman capitals with a lowercase, correctly structured small capitals and an additional set of non aligning numerals in two weights, Roman and Bold.
		The applications for La Gioconda as a text and display Roman are surprisingly extensive, and visually rewarding.
		The lowercase and small capitals supply an additional bonus for the adventurous designer, as they match exactly in height and weight in both styles, so mixing and matching can selectively eliminate ascenders and descenders if that is your choice, and the project requires it.
	www.myfonts.com /fonts/letraset/la-gioconda (339 words)

	Another 'Gioconda' and Another Mystery - New York Times
		"Gioconda," which dates from the 16th century, at the Portland Museum of Art.
		Pigment analyses of the painting, "La Gioconda," show that it was created before 1510 and that its brush strokes were most likely by a left-handed painter like Leonardo.
		The work here shows a woman who looks like the "Mona Lisa" subject without her smile, cloaked in brown and standing on a balcony with a body of water behind her.
	travel2.nytimes.com /2006/06/16/us/16portland.html (719 words)

	Amazon.com: Ponchielli: La Gioconda: Music: Amilcare Ponchielli,Antonino Votto,La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus,Aldo ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The mercilessly self-critical Maria Callas considered her singing in the last act here among the most satisfying of her records, saying that "it's all there for anyone who cares to understand or wishes to know what I was about." "Suicidio" emerges less a histrionic soliloquy than an interior, multi- dimensional monologue.
		Moreover, the soprano is in better voice than her 1952 Cetra Gioconda, which, however, boasts a more vibrant supporting cast, greater energy from the podium (especially in the first act), and avoids a small but not insignificant cut Antonino Votto makes here in the final act.
		As for Renata Scotto as Gioconda, pointed out by a horrible basher from California: Scotto becan as a light lyric, listen to her in "La Straniera" for example.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002RXV?v=glance (1885 words)

	Amazon.com: El pais bajo mi piel (Vintage Espanol): Books: Gioconda Belli (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gioconda is another magnificent representative of the Latin American generation of authors that emerged in the seventies and eighties amidst social turmoils.
		Gioconda's artistry of words and poetry are evident throughout this book.
		In the last part of the book her message comes forth blurred by Gioconda's comfortable upper middle-class life in a serene Californian homestead.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400034396?v=glance (1279 words)

	Gioconda 54' Grand Soleil Charter Yacht - Cruising the Caribbean and Italian waters - Sardinia, Sicily, Costa ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gioconda 54' Grand Soleil Charter Yacht - Cruising the Caribbean and Italian waters - Sardinia, Sicily, Costa Esmeralda, Corsica, Rome, Almafi, Sorrentowith Admiralty Yacht Vacations
		he aft and center area of Gioconda holds the large aft stateroom with luxurious bathroom and the main salon with leisure area.
		This does not impair the space given to both forward cabins and their bathroom.
	www.admirals.com /xgioconda (400 words)

	Gioconda Rojas Howell - Costa Rican artist
		This site presents the work of Gioconda Rojas Howell, costa rican artist and a representative of latin american art, whose paintings have an intimist language that has been associated by critics with semiotic narrative, within a fresh and personal iconography.
		In this site you will find a summary of Gioconda Rojas' work with images of her more representative works, with comments from critics and fellow artists, and a summary of her more important shows and professional appearances.
		gioconda rojas, costa rica art,costa rican art,latin american art,semiotic narrative,juan acha, costa rican artist
	www.giocondarojas.com (91 words)

	Classical Net Review - Ponchielli - La Gioconda
		It was released on nineteen 78 rpm discs, and so it was unaffordable to the average record-buyer of the time.
		Although I don't find her characterization per se to be gripping, there's no denying that she had a beautiful voice and a superb grasp of the requisite style.
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	www.classical.net /music/recs/reviews/n/nxs10112a.html (552 words)

	Historic Gioconda, Chenier & Traviata
		Dating from the years 1928-1931, each represents the particular opera's first complete recording using the electrical process (the Gioconda is the very first studio recording, acoustic or electric).
		To be sure, the Naxos issue of this Gioconda sounds like a vintage recording, with compressed dynamics and consistent (though not obtrusive) 78 rpm surface noise.
		Nevertheless, she maintains a nobility of declamation that allows Gioconda to emerge as a dignified and sympathetic character, perhaps most notably in her superb assumption of the opera’s final act.
	classicalcdreview.com /lgnaxos.htm (1637 words)

	Arts patroness Gioconda King dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gioconda King, a longtime resident of Palm Beach and a noted patroness of the arts, died at Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, at her home on Everglades Island.
		King was a supporter of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she was a member of the chairman's council and where a gallery is named for Gioconda and Joseph King.
		King is survived by her daughter, Diana Barrett of Martha's Vineyard, Mass.; and by her grandchildren, Christopher, Monica and Susannah Vila.
	www.palmbeachdailynews.com /news/content/community/kingobit1202.html;COXnetJSessionID=C8t24skvD14gew2Z3ZspkUvXi19WiySIuP11HS9mlU3mgRl4TE7D!1310697691?urac=n&urvf=11112565029740.07141292433259383 (273 words)

	Gioconda, the Barefoot Christmas Horse
		Gioconda posing as "Amerigo," the horse of Saint Nicolas.
		Gioconda has been posing as Amerigo for years now, but this year was special.
		Gioconda's owner and rider have done everything they should.
	www.thehorseshoof.com /success_Drost.html (458 words)

	Bel Canto Society: Browsing #5015 La Gioconda (3-CD set) Two performances. (Corelli/Curtis-Verna, Corelli/Tebaldi) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		American soprano Mary Curtis-Verna is a fine Gioconda, floating a lovely B-flat in Act I, and lavishing ample voice and temperament throughout.
		Overall Tebaldi gives a riveting performance, and her Gioconda is a welcome addition to this set.
		The tapes, lovingly restored, unfortunately excluded Act I. Tebaldi is in magnificent form, both as singer and vocal actress, bringing out all Gioconda’s confused feelings in her tragic situation, culminating in a superb account of ‘Suicidio!’, her Act 4 solo.
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	Franco Corelli/Gioconda/Verdi
		Overall, she gives a riveting performance, and her Gioconda is a welcome addition to this set.
		The 1964 Gioconda is marred by a frequent lack of coordination between the orchestra pit and stage.
		As in the case of the Giocondas, Corelli is joined by superb colleagues (Philadelphia rarely stinted on the leading roles), who deliver admirable performances.
	classicalcdreview.com /fcgio.html (1135 words)

	Hotel La Gioconda - 3 Star Hotel - Centro Storico - Florence
		The Hotel La Gioconda is very central, between the Station and the Cathedral.
		It is situated in the heart of Florence, only a few steps away from the historical and artistic centre.
		in 1913 has been recovered the painting "La Gioconda" stolen from the Louvre.
	www.florenceby.com /gioconda/pages/profile.htm (66 words)

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