The standard operas, their plots and their music; . in ri Ou aU. a-acouo O I H-1 o <uen 5 o c -^ PONCHIELLI 227 in triumph and making sport of Tuane, the loser, who is per-suaded by Barnaba that his defeat was the result of La Ciecasspells. This raises another disturbance in the midst of whichEnzo appears with La Gioconda. He goes to the rescue ofLa Cieca and denounces the crowd as cowards. As they turnagainst him he calls his comrades to his assistance, just asAloise, one of the chiefs of the Inquisition, appears with hiswife Laura, who is masked. He restores order and releasesLa Cieca fro
The standard operas, their plots and their music; . in ri Ou aU. a-acouo O I H-1 o <uen 5 o c -^ PONCHIELLI 227 in triumph and making sport of Tuane, the loser, who is per-suaded by Barnaba that his defeat was the result of La Ciecasspells. This raises another disturbance in the midst of whichEnzo appears with La Gioconda. He goes to the rescue ofLa Cieca and denounces the crowd as cowards. As they turnagainst him he calls his comrades to his assistance, just asAloise, one of the chiefs of the Inquisition, appears with hiswife Laura, who is masked. He restores order and releasesLa Cieca from the crowd, who gives Laura her rosary as amark of her gratitude. During this scene Laura recognizesEnzo as the proscribed Prince of Santafior to whom she wasonce affianced and whom she still loves. Barnaba informshim that he is known, that his love for Laura is no secret,and that she will be on his ship at nightfall — it being Bar-nabas purpose to get Enzo out of the way so that he mayhave Gioconda to himself. After an expressive air forLa Cieca ( Voce di
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