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Credit: Icilio Calzolari, restored by Adam Cuerden
Cabinet card of Amilcare Ponchielli, circa 1870s. Ponchielli was an Italian opera composer, best known for his opera La Gioconda and, specifically, The Dance of the Hours which forms that opera's third act finale, and is frequently performed on its own, including in Walt Disney's Fantasia. He was married to the soprano Teresina Brambilla.