Francesco Vanneschi (''

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'' 1732 – 1760) was an Italian opera manager, director and librettist; his death date is usually (and erroneously) given as 1759, but he was still alive and working at the King's Theatre in April 1760.

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(2013). ''Impresario and Diva:

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’s years at the King’s Theatre, London''. Royal Musical Association Monograph 22 (Farnham: Ashgate. He was known as having been active as a librettist in Florence in 1732 when he wrote ''Enrico'' (later re-set with music by

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) and in 1741 was appointed as a director and librettist for the King's Theatre in London.Highfill, Philip H.; Burnim, Kalman A.; Langhans, Edward A. (1993). "Vanneschi, Francesco"
''A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Tibbett to M. West''
p. 118. Southern Illinois University Press. His other opera librettos include: Galuppi's ''Polidoro'' and ''Scipione in Cartagine'' (both produced at the King's Theatre in 1742), St. Germain's ''La incosrtanza delusa'' (produced at the

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in 1745) and Gluck's ''La caduta dei giganti''. Gluck's opera, a commission by Lord Middlesex, premiered at the King's Theatre in 1746.

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