Francesco Azopardi

Francesco Azopardi studied at Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio in Capuana. Training under Michelangelo Vella, Carlo Cotumacci and Joseph Doll is recorded. Nicolas Isouard is recorded as having studied under Francesco Azopardi. The recorded working language is Italian. Employment is recorded with St.

Azopardi was born in Notabile. He received his musical training in Malta and during his stay from 1763 to 1774 in Naples at the Conservatory of San Onofrio under Carlo Cotumacci and Joseph Doll. He worked at St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina, and, from 1789 following the Napoleonic invasion and flight of the Knights of St. John, combined his responsibilities at Mdina with those at St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta. One of his successes was a setting of Metastasio's libretto La Passione di Gesù Cristo he conducted at the Manoel Theatre in Valletta in 1782. He died in Rabat. He is known especially through his work Il Musico Prattico, which appeared in French translation by Nicolas-Étienne Framery.

• Malta felice (cantata, 1775) • La magica lanterna (opera buffa, 1791)

• La passione di Cristo (oratorio, libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1782, 1802) • Various masses composed between 1768 and 1806 • Various sacred works composed between 1772 and 1796 • Songs, hymns and psalms composed between 1772 and 1807

• Overture for 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 horns, bass, and organ (1782) • Sinfonia for 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, horn and basso continuo (1797) • Sinfonia for oboe obbligato, oboe, 2 violins, 2 horns and basso continuo (1799)

• Il musico prattico • Dissertazione sulla risoluzione della quinta falsa in 6/4 rivolto dell'armonia di 5/3 • Dissertazione sulla musica greca