Wayengubani u-Amilcare Ponchielli?
U-Amilcare Ponchielli (1834<unk>1886) wayengumqambi wase-Italy. Wazalelwa ePaderno Fasolaro (manje iPaderno Ponchielli) eduze kwaseCremona, ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyiMbuso WaseLombardy<unk>Venetia, uPonchielli wathola umfundaze eneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ubudala ukuze afunde umculo eMilan Conservatory, ebhala i-symphony yakhe yokuqala ngesikhathi eneminyaka eyishumi ubudala.  Waziwa kakhulu ngama-opera akhe, ikakhulukazi iLa Gioconda, inguqulo yesithathu nempumelelo yayo yaqala ukubonakala eLa Scala eMilan ngoMashi 28, 1880. Umdanso Wamahora ovela kulelo opera waziwa kabanzi ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kwawo kuFantasia kaWalt Disney ngo-1940 nasengomeni ka-Allan Sherman ethi "Sawubona Muddah, Sawubona Fadduh".  Ngo-1881, uPonchielli waqokwa njengenhloko ye-cappella yaseBergamo Cathedral kanye noprofesa wokuqamba eMilan Conservatory, lapho abafundi bakhe babehlanganisa uGiacomo Puccini, uPietro Mascagni, u-Emilio Pizzi, noGiovanni Tebaldini. Wayeshade nomculi we-soprano uTeresina Brambilla futhi washona eneminyaka engu-51 ubudala eMilan.