List of operas by Amilcare Ponchielli

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

OpusTitleGenreSub­divisionsLibrettoPremièrePlace, Theatre
2I promessi sposimelodramma4 actsGiuseppe Aglio and Cesare Stradivari after Alessandro Manzoni30 August 1856;
revised: 5 December 1872		Cremona, Teatro Concordia;
revised: Milan, Teatro Dal Verme
3Bertrando dal Bormio 4 acts composed in 1858, scheduled for Turin but unperformed 
4La Savoiarda
(revised as Lina)		dramma lirico3 actsFrancesco Guidi19 January 1861;
revised: 17 November 1877		Cremona, Teatro Concordia,
revised: Milan, Teatro Dal Verme
Roderigo re dei Goti 3 actsFrancesco Guidi26 December 1863Piacenza, Teatro Municipale
6Il parlatore eternoscherzo comico1 actAntonio Ghislanzoni18 October 1873Lecco, Teatro Sociale
7I Lituanidramma lirico3 actsAntonio Ghislanzoni7 March 1874;
revised: 6 March 1875		Milan, Teatro alla Scala (both versions)
8I Mori di Valenzadramma lirico4 actsAntonio Ghislanzonibegun by the composer in 1874, completed by Annibale Ponchielli and Arturo Cadore; 17 March 1914Monte Carlo, Opéra
9La Giocondadramma lirico4 actsTobia 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
10Il figliuol prodigomelodramma4 actsAngelo Zanardini26 December 1880Milan, Teatro alla Scala
11Marion Delormemelodramma4 actsEnrico Golisciani17 March 1885Milan, Teatro alla Scala

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