Michele de Falco
Michele de Falco (also Falco, di Falco, Farco: c. 1688 in Naples – after 1732) was an Italian composer, maestro di cappella, and a pioneer of the opera buffa genre. He was probably a student of Nicola Fago, with whom he also collaborated on his second opera.
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Michele de Falco
- Born
- 1688 · Naples.
- Died
- 1732 · Naples.
- Occupation
- composer
- Fields
- opera · liturgical
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Michele de Falco (also Falco, di Falco, Farco: c. 1688 in Naples – after 1732) was an Italian composer, maestro di cappella, and a pioneer of the opera buffa genre. He was probably a student of Nicola Fago, with whom he also collaborated on his second opera.
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He also collaborated with Leonardo Vinci on his operas.
• Lo Lollo pisciaportelle (Libretto: Nicola Orilia), opera buffa 1709 • I rivali generosi (Libretto: Apostolo Zeno), opera buffa 1712 • Nicola Fago: Lo Masillo (Libretto: Nicola Orilia), 2nd act by Falco, opera buffa 1712 • Lo 'mbruoglio d'ammore (Libretto: Aniello Piscopo), opera buffa 1717 • Armida abbandonata (Libretto:it:Francesco Silvani), Dramma per musica, 1719 • Lo castiello sacchejato (Libretto: Francesco Oliva), Commedia per musica, 1720 (1722 with additions by Leonardo Vinci, as pasticcio with Pietro Pulli 1732) • Le pazzie d'ammore (under the anagram "Cola Melfiche," Libretto: Francesco Antonio Tullio), opera buffa 1723 • an intermezzo to the dramma per musica by Nicola Porpora Il Siface, 1726
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1688
Michele de Falco was born on 1 January 1688.
1732
Michele de Falco died on 1 January 1732.
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