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I promessi sposi

opera by Ponchielli

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  • Ponchielli, Amilcare
    In Amilcare Ponchielli

    …and produced his first opera, I promessi sposi (“The Betrothed”; based on the novel by Alessandro Manzoni), in 1856; its revised version was popular in Italy and abroad. Between 1873 and 1875 he wrote two ballets and four operas. La gioconda (1876), with a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on…

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