People think Amilcare Ponchielli is a one-hit wonder because of his famous tune in the opera La Giocanda. But he wrote more than that, including this tribute to Giuseppi Verdi, called "Reminiscences ...

Under the baton of the dynamic and electric guest maestro, Gustavo Dudamel, the Vienna Philharmonic performs the finale of Amilcare Ponchielli’s “Dance of the Hours” from the opera “La Gioconda.” The ...

On a performance of Ponchielli’s La Gioconda, at the Hungarian State Opera.

La Gioconda is an opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito (as Tobia Gorrio), based on Angelo, Tyrant of Padua, a play in prose by Victor Hugo, dating from ...

Liudmila Konovalova (Gioconda als Erwachsene), Anna Netrebko (La Gioconda), Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Photo credit: Bernd Uhlig Amilcare Ponchielli’s La Gioconda is an opera ...

We hear the all-star orchestra at the Grand Teton Music Festival in their annual tribute to the music of Vienna. Eiji Oue leads the orchestra in Johann Strauss, Jr.'s "The Blue Danube Waltz," along ...

Here & Now music opinionator Fran Hoepfner joins host Robin Young to discuss why she thinks Amilcare Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours," made famous in Disney's "Fantasia," and the "Hello Muddah, Hello ...