The catalogue of the compositions of Amilcare Ponchielli was edited by Licia Sirch and published in the volume:
Catalogo tematico delle musiche di Amilcare Ponchielli Fondazione Claudio Monteverdi, Cremona, 1989
In view of the great uncertainty about the dates of composition of many jobs Licia Sirch has preferred to prepare a catalogue is divided by genres, by assigning to individual works, a number of Op.
| Op. | Title | Forces | Key | Date | Edition | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Op.1 | Maometto : Scene d’opera | vv ch orch | 1850-54 ca. | unpublished | Stage | Musical realization of some scenes from the libretto as an essay for the Milan Conservatory of Music. Booklet by Felice Romani. | |
| Op.2 | I promessi sposi : Melodramma in quattro atti | vv ch orch | 1856 (rev.1872) | Francesco Lucca : Milano, 1873 | Stage | With booklet of Amilcare Ponchielli, Cesare Stradivari, Giuseppe Garlic, Giuseppe Bergamaschi, an anonymous and Emilio Praga. | |
| Op.3 | Bertrando dal Bormio : Melodramma in tre atti | vv ch orch | 1858 | Tipografia Fezzi : Cremona (only the booklet) | Stage | Unfinished. Booklet by Filiberto Dalegno. | |
| Op.4 | La Savojarda : Melodramma in tre atti | vv ch orch | 1861 | Tipografia Manini, Cremona, 1861 (only the booklet) | Stage | Revised in 1877, with the title Lina. Booklet by Francesco Guidi. | |
| Op.4a | Lina : Dramma lirico in tre atti | vv ch orch | 1877 | Ricordi, Milano, 1877 | Stage | The reconstruction of the opera La Savojarda. Booklet by Carlo d' Ormeville. | |
| Op.5 | La vergine di Kerno : Azione fantastico-romantica in tre atti | vv ch orch | 1870 | Ronzi e Signori, Cremona, 1870 (only the booklet) | Stage | Booklet by Francesco Guidi. - Written in collaboration with Carlo Pedrotti, Giovanni Pacini, Alberto Mazzuccato, Lauro Rossi, Ermanno Picchi, Jacopo Fioroni, Ettore Flowers, Francesco Cortesi, Luigi Ricci, Antonio Cagnoni, Ruggero Manna.
Ponchielli wrote the introduction and the duet, soprano and baritone in the second act. | |
| Op.6 | Il parlatore eterno : Scherzo comico in un atto | vv ch orch | 1873 | Ricordi, Milano, 1873 | Stage | Booklet by Antonio Ghislanzoni | |
| Op.7 | I lituani : Dramma lirico in tre atti | vv ch orch | 1873-74 (rev.1875) | Ricordi, Milano, 1874 | Stage | Booklet by Antonio Ghislanzoni | |
| Op.8 | I mori di Valenza : Opera in quattro atti | vv ch orch | 1876-77 | Giudici & Strada, Milano, 1914 | Stage | Booklet by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Left unfinished, was completed by the son Annibale and orchestrated by Arturo Cadore. | |
| Op.9 | La gioconda : Melodramma in quattro atti | vv ch orch | 1874-76 (rev.1879) | Ricordi, Milano, 1876 | Stage | Booklet by Tobia Gorrio (pseudonym of Arrigo Boito). | |
| Op.10 | Il figliuol prodigo : Melodramma in 4 atti | vv ch orch | 1879-80 | Ricordi, Milano, 1880 | Stage | Booklet by Angelo Zanardini | |
| Op.11 | Marion Delorme : Melodramma in quattro atti | vv ch orch | 1883-85 | Ricordi, Milano, 1885 | Stage | Booklet by Enrico Golisciani. Dedicated to Romilda Pantaleoni | |
| Op.12 | A Gaetano Donizetti : Cantata | vv ch orch | 1875 | Ricordi, Milano, 1875 | Stage | Words by Antonio Ghislanzoni. | |
| Op.13 | Cantata per il centenario di Gregorio VII : Cantata | ten bass ch orch | 1885 | Unpublished | Stage | Words taken from the Bible. | |
| Op.14 | La grisetta : Balletto per orchestra e banda | orch | 1865 | Unpubilshed | Stage | Booklet by Martinelli | |
| Op.15 | Orsowa, ossia il genio della montagna : Ballo fantastico in cinque atti | vv orch | 1871 | Tipografia Erede Manini, Cremona, 1871 (only the booklet) | Stage | Booklet by Ettore Barracani | |
| Op.16 | Le due gemelle : Azione coreografica in un prologo e sei atti | vv orch | 1872 | Ricordi, Milano, 1873 | Stage | Booklet by Antonio Pallerini | |
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