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...Jesus Romero Gorria, 45, Minister of Labor, an advocate of higher wages and better bargaining rights for Spain's working force. He replaces Fermin Sanz Orrio, 60, who was fired after letting the Asturias strikers get out of hand by refusing to take any steps to end the walkouts...
Gioconda's absurd libretto (by "Tobio Gorria," anagram for Arrigo Boito, Verdi's great librettist) revolves about a love plot of pentagonal complexity; Barnaba is in love with Gioconda, who is in love with Enzo, who is in love with Laura, who is married to Alvise. By the time Gorria-Boito sets things right, four acts and nearly that number of hours have elapsed. But La Gioconda is a singers' opera, and it gives the principals some rousing tunes, including Enzo's great second-act aria, Cielo e mar, superbly rendered last week by Tenor Tucker...