Carlo Franchi (sometimes given as de Franchi, de Franchis or de Franco, circa 1743 – d. after 1779) was an Italian opera

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known for his opere buffe. He belonged to the Neapolitan school of composers and it is likely that he was born in or near Naples, where his first opera ''La vedova capricciosa'' had its premiere in 1765. Subsequent works were performed in Rome,

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, Mantua, Turin, Florence, and outside Italy in places such as Dresden and

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. His intermezzo ''Il barone di Rocca Antica'' (Rome, 1771), written jointly with

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, was influential in the development of opera buffa.

Works

*''La vedova capricciosa'', commedia per musica ( Naples, Nuovo, carnival 1765) *''Ifigenia in Aulide'', ( Rome, Argentina, 1766) *''La clemenza di Tito'', (Rome, Argentina, 1766) *''Arsace'', dramma per musica (

, Teatro San Benedetto, 1768) *''La pittrice'', intermezzo (Rome, Pace, 1768) *''Il gran Cidde Rodrigo'', dramma per musica ( Turin, Teatro Regio, 1768) *''La contadina fedele'', intermezzo (Rome, Valle, carnival 1769) *''Il tronfio della costanza'', opera semiseria (Turin, Carignano 1769) *''Le astuzie di Rosina e Burlotto'',

dramma giocoso ''Dramma giocoso'' (Italian, literally: drama with jokes; plural: ''drammi giocosi'') is a genre of opera common in the mid-18th century. The term is a contraction of ''dramma giocoso per musica'' and describes the opera's libretto (text). The ge ...

( Perugia, Leon d'Oro, carnival 1770) *''Siroe, re di Persia'', dramma per musica ( Rome, Argentina, 1770) *''La pastorella incognita'', (Naples, Teatro Fiorentini, 1770) *''Il barone di Rocca Antica'', intermezzo (Rome, Valle, 1771): Act 1 by Franchi *''La semplice'', intermezzo, (Rome, Valle, 1772) *''Farnace'', dramma (Rome, Dame, 1772) *''La finta zingara per amore'',

farsa Farsa ( Italian, literally: ''farce'', plural: ''farse'') is a genre of opera, associated with Venice in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is also sometimes called ''farsetta''. Farse were normally one-act operas, sometimes performed ...

(Rome, Tordinona, carnival 1774): believed to be a revision of ''Il barone di Rocca Antica'' *''I tre amanti ridicoli'', ( Mantua, Ducale, carnival 1779)

Sources

*Ciliberti, Galliano (1992), 'Franchi, Carlo' in ''The

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'', ed. Stanley Sadie (London)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Franchi, Carlo Italian Classical-period composers Italian male classical composers Italian opera composers Male opera composers Year of death unknown Year of birth uncertain 19th-century Italian male musicians