Ukrainian contralto Kseniia Nikolaieva sings “Voce di donna” from Ponchielli’s LA GIOCONDA (above) from a performance given at Naples in 2024. Also in the cast are Anna Netrebko as Gioconda, Eve-Maud Hubeaux as Laura Adorno, Jonas Kaufmann as Enzo Grimaldo, Ludovic Tézier as Barnaba, and Alexander Köpeczi as Alvise Badoero. Pinchas Steinberg conducts.
Watch and listen here.
I love how the choristers immediately sink to their knees when the rosary’s blessing is given.
(Read about Mr. Köpeczi’s Met debut (in May 2025) as Colline in LA BOHEME here.)
Oberon's Glade 