Editing Amilcare Ponchielli (section)

==Legacy==
{{external media | float = right|width=230px |audio1 = You may listen to Ponchielli's opera ''[[La Gioconda (opera)|La Gioconda]]'' as sung by [[Maria Callas]], [[Fedora Barbieri]], [[Gianni Poggi]], [[Paolo Silveri]], [[Giulio Neri]] with [[Antonino Votto]] conducting the Orchestra della RAI Torino in 1952 [https://archive.org/details/FridayNightAtTheOpera-22610laGioconda '''here on archive.org''']}}
[[File:Ponchielli monument in Cremona Italy.jpg|thumb|A statue of Ponchielli in [[Cremona]], Italy.]]
Although in his lifetime Ponchielli was very popular and influential (and introduced an enlarged orchestra and more complex orchestration), only one of his operas, ''[[La Gioconda (opera)|La Gioconda]]'', is regularly performed today.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amilcare Ponchielli – operas and librettos |url=https://www.murashev.com/opera/Amilcare_Ponchielli |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=murashev.com}}</ref> It contains a strong and memorable aria for contralto, 'Voce de donna o d'angelo' (the Rosary song); the great tenor [[romanza]] "Cielo e mar"; a well-known duet for tenor and baritone titled "Enzo Grimaldo, Principe Di Santafior";<ref>Faulkner, Anne Shaw 2005, ''What we hear in music'', p.542, Kessinger Publishing {{ISBN|1-4191-6805-3}}</ref> the soprano aria "Suicidio!"; and the ballet ''[[Dance of the Hours]]'', which is widely known thanks in part to its having been featured in [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'' in 1940, in [[Allan Sherman]]'s novelty song "[[Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)|Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh]]", and in numerous other popular works.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amilcare Ponchielli |url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/p/po-pz/amilcare-ponchielli/ |publisher=The Kennedy Center |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="boy">{{cite web |author=Lieberman |first=Paul |date=16 August 2003 |title=The Boy in Camp Granada |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-aug-16-et-lieberman16-story.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229143328/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-aug-16-et-lieberman16-story.html |archive-date=29 February 2020 |access-date=9 February 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>