Amilcare Ponchielli aiva ani?
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834<unk>1886) aiva muimbi weItaly. Akazvarwa muPaderno Fasolaro (zvino Paderno Ponchielli) pedyo neCremona, ipapo Humambo hweLombardy<unk>Venetia, Ponchielli akahwina kudzidza pazera ramakore mapfumbamwe kuti adzidze mimhanzi kuMilan Conservatory, achinyora rwiyo rwake rwekutanga panguva yaaive nemakore gumi.  Iye anonyanya kuzivikanwa nokuda kwemitambo yake, zvikurukuru La Gioconda, yechitatu uye yakabudirira zvikuru shanduro iyo yakatanga kuLa Scala muMilan musi wa 28 March 1880. The Dance of the Hours kubva muopera iyoyo inozivikanwa zvikuru nemhaka yokushandiswa kwayo muFantasia yaWalt Disney muna 1940 uye murwiyo rutsva rwaAllan Sherman "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh".  Muna 1881, Ponchielli akagadzwa kuva maestro di cappella weBergamo Cathedral uye purofesa wekunyora paMilan Conservatory, uko vadzidzi vake vaisanganisira Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, Emilio Pizzi, naGiovanni Tebaldini. Akanga akaroorwa na soprano Teresina Brambilla uye akafa pazera remakore 51 muMilan.