Ponchieri

Japanese: ポンキエリ

Italian composer. Born near Cremona, he entered the Milan Conservatory at the age of nine. While working as a church organist in his hometown, he established himself as an opera composer with works such as The Betrothed (1856, revised in 1872), and in 1876 he performed his masterpiece, the opera La Gioconda, at La Scala in Milan. The opera, written to a libretto by Hugo and written by composer A. Boito (see Otello), who was also known as a collaborator of Verdi, was a huge hit, and in 1883 it was performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, and the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. This made the composer's name known all at once. In 1883 he became a professor at his alma mater, where he taught Puccini and Mascagni. The ballet music from La Gioconda, the Dance of the Hours, is famous.

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Japanese:

イタリアの作曲家。クレモナ近郊に生まれ，９歳でミラノ音楽院に入学。生地で教会オルガン奏者を務める一方《婚約者》（1856年，改訂1872年）などでオペラ作曲家として地歩を築き，1876年，ミラノのスカラ座で代表作となったオペラ《ジョコンダ》を発表。ベルディの協力者としても知られる作曲家A.ボーイト（オテロ参照）がユゴーの戯曲を台本化したこのオペラは大評判を呼び，1883年にはロンドンのコベント・ガーデン王立歌劇場，ニューヨークのメトロポリタン歌劇場でも上演。作曲者の名を一躍高めた。1883年には母校教授に就任し，プッチーニ，マスカーニを育てた。《ジョコンダ》中のバレエ音楽《時の踊り》は有名。

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