List of operas by Amilcare Ponchielli

This is a complete list of the operas of the Italian composer Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886).

Opus Title Genre Sub­divisions Libretto Première Place, Theatre
2 I promessi sposi melodramma 4 acts Giuseppe Aglio and Cesare Stradivari after Alessandro Manzoni 30 August 1856;
revised: 5 December 1872
Cremona, Teatro Concordia;
revised: Milan, Teatro Dal Verme
3 Bertrando dal Bormio   4 acts   composed in 1858, scheduled for Turin but unperformed  
4 La Savoiarda
(revised as Lina)
dramma lirico 3 acts Francesco Guidi 19 January 1861;
revised: 17 November 1877
Cremona, Teatro Concordia,
revised: Milan, Teatro Dal Verme
Roderigo re dei Goti   3 acts Francesco Guidi 26 December 1863 Piacenza, Teatro Municipale
6 Il parlatore eterno scherzo comico 1 act Antonio Ghislanzoni 18 October 1873 Lecco, Teatro Sociale
7 I Lituani dramma lirico 3 acts Antonio Ghislanzoni 7 March 1874;
revised: 6 March 1875
Milan, Teatro alla Scala (both versions)
8 I Mori di Valenza dramma lirico 4 acts Antonio Ghislanzoni begun by the composer in 1874, completed by Annibale Ponchielli and Arturo Cadore; 17 March 1914 Monte Carlo, Opéra
9 La Gioconda dramma lirico 4 acts Tobia Gorrio (pseudonym/anagram of Arrigo Boito) after Victor Hugo's drama Angelo, tyran de Padoue (1835) 8 April 1876;
revised: 18 October 1876;
revised: 27 November 1879
Milan, Teatro alla Scala;
revised: Venice, Rossini;
revised: Genoa, Politeama Genovese
10 Il figliuol prodigo melodramma 4 acts Angelo Zanardini 26 December 1880 Milan, Teatro alla Scala
11 Marion Delorme melodramma 4 acts Enrico Golisciani 17 March 1885 Milan, Teatro alla Scala

References

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Sources
  • Budden, Julien (1992), 'Ponchielli, Amilcare' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7