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Amilcare Ponchielli (US: / ˌpɒŋkiˈɛli, ˌpɔːŋ -/, [1][2] Italian: [aˈmilkare poŋˈkjɛlli]; 31 August 1834 – 16 January 1886) was an Italian opera composer, best known for his opera La Gioconda. He was married to the soprano Teresina Brambilla.
Amilcare Ponchielli (born August 31 or September 1, 1834, Paderno Fasolaro, near Cremona, Lombardy [Italy]—died January 16, 1886, Milan, Italy) was an Italian composer, best known for his opera La gioconda (“The Joyful Girl”).
Amilcare Ponchielli è stato un compositore e direttore di banda italiano.
Amilcare Ponchielli (Italian:31 August 1834 – 16 January 1886) was an Italian opera composer, best known for his opera La Gioconda. He was married to the soprano Teresina Brambilla.
La Gioconda is an opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito (as Tobia Gorrio), based on Angelo, Tyrant of Padua, a 1835 play in prose by Victor Hugo (the same source Gaetano Rossi had used for his libretto for Mercadante's Il giuramento in 1837).
A statue of Ponchielli in Cremona, Italy.. Although in his lifetime Ponchielli was very popular and influential (and introduced an enlarged orchestra and more complex orchestration), only one of his operas, La Gioconda, is regularly performed today. [11] It contains a strong and memorable aria for contralto, 'Voce de donna o d'angelo' (the Rosary song); the great tenor romanza "Cielo e mar"; a well-known duet for tenor and baritone titled "Enzo Grimaldo, Principe Di Santafior"; [12] the ...
May 29, 2018 · Ponchielli, Amilcare , celebrated Italian composer; b. Paderno Fasolaro, near Cremona, Aug. 31, 1834; d. Milan, Jan. 15, 1886. He studied with his father, a shopkeeper and organist at the village church, and entered the Milan Cons. as a non-paying student when he was 9; his mentors included Pietro Ray (theory), Arturo Angeleri (piano), Felice ...
Aug 31, 2018 · Amilcare Ponchielli, born on August 31, 1834, was a compositional child prodigy. He was born in Paderno Fasolaro and was admitted to the Milan Conservatory at age nine on a scholarship he earned.
Biography. Born in Paderno Fasolaro, now Paderno Ponchielli, near Cremona, Ponchielli won a scholarship at the age of nine to study music at the Milan Conservatory, writing his first symphony by the time he was ten years old.
Musicista (Paderno Cremonese 1834 - Milano 1886). Studiò al conservatorio di Milano con F. Frasi e Lauro Rossi. Organista di S. Ilario in Cremona, in questa città diede nel 1856 la sua prima opera, I Promessi Sposi, cui nel 1861 seguiva La Savoiarda.
