Amilcare Ponchielli

Operas

• IL SINDACO BABBEO Group project; Ponchielli wrote the introduction and one aria. Opera Buffa, libretto by G. Giachetti. Premiere: Conservatory, Milan, Mar, 1851.
• I PROMESSI SPOSI Melodrama in 4 acts based on the Manzoni novel, librettist unknown. Premiere: Concordia Theater, Cremona, Aug. 30, 1856. Revised, libretto by E. Praga, Premiere: Dal Verme theater, Milan, Dec. 4, 1872.
• BERTRAND DE BORNIO Scheduled to be premiered in Turin in 1858, has never been performed.
• LA SAVOIARDA Lyric drama (semi-seria) in 3 acts, libretto by F. Guidi. Premiere: Concordia Theater, Cremona, Jan. 19, 1861. Revised as Lina, reworked libretto by C. D'Ormeville. Premiere: Dal Verme Theater, Milan, Nov. 17, 1877.
• RODERIGO, RE DEI GOTI Lyric drama in 3 acts, Libretto by F. Guidi, after R. Southey's Roderick. Premiere: Municipal Theater, Piacenza, Dec. 26, 1863.
• LA VERGINE DI KERMO Group project, libretto by F. Guidi, Performed: Concordia Theater, Cremona, Feb. 22, 1870.
• IL PARLATORE ETERNO 'Scherzo Comico' written for baritone, A. Pini-Corsi, libretto by A Ghislanzoni. Premiere: Teatro Sociale, Lecco, Oct. 18, 1863.
• I LITHUANI Lyric drama in a prologue and 3 acts, after A. Mickiewicz' Konrad Wallenrod. Premiere: La Scala, Milan, Mar. 6, 1874. Revised: La Scala, Mar. 6, 1875.
• I MORI DI VALENZA Lyric drama in 4 acts, Libretto by A. Ghislanzoni after E. Scribe's Piquillo Alliaga. Begun in 1874, completed by Annibale Ponchielli and A. Cadore. Premiere: Opera, Monte Carlo, Mar. 17, 1914.
• LA GIOCONDA Lyric drama in 4 acts, libretto by 'Tobia Gorrio' aka A. Boito, after V. Hugo's Angelo, Tyrant of Padua. Premier: La Scala, Milan, April 8, 1876. Revised: Rossini Theater, Venice, Oct. 18, 1876. Revised: definitive version, La Scala, Milan, Feb. 12, 1880.
• IL FIGLIUOL PRODIGO Melodrama in 4 acts, libretto by A. Zanardini after E. Scribe. Premiere: La Scala, Milan, Dec. 26, 1880.
• MARION DELORME Melodrama in 4 acts, Libretto by E. Golisciani after V. Hugo's 'Marion de Lorme.' Premiere: La Scala, Milan, March 17, 1885.

contributed by Maria Nockin