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.[1] He was probably a student of Nicola Fago, with whom he also collaboratored on his second opera. He also collaborated with Leonardo Vinci on his operas.[2]

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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References
  1. Julie Anne Sadie Companion to Baroque Music p73 1998 "Falco, Michele (?1688-after 1732). Maestro di cappella and one of the first musical collaborators of Neapolitan ...
  2. The operas of Leonardo Vinci, Napoletano p40 Kurt Sven Markstrom - 2007 "The latter had originally been a collaborative effort between Vinci and Michele de Falco. Because the original composer designation to de Falco was omitted for this revival, Prota-Giurleo was of the opinion that Vinci replaced the music "



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