After having sung Scarpia and Iago, two of the most evil chracters in opera, Ludovic Tézier is delighted to play another villain, Barnaba in Ponchiellis La Gioconda. For the new production at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, directed by Romain Gilbert and conducted by Pinchas Steinberg, he will join Anna Netrebko in the title role and Jonas Kaufmann as Enzo.