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

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libre ...

composer known for his opere buffe. He belonged to the Neapolitan school of composers and it is likely that he was born in or near

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, where his first opera ''La vedova capricciosa'' had its premiere in 1765. Subsequent works were performed in

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, and outside Italy in places such as

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and Lisbon. His

intermezzo In music, an intermezzo (, , plural form: intermezzi), in the most general sense, is a composition which fits between other musical or dramatic entities, such as acts of a play or movements of a larger musical work. In music history, the term ha ...

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

Pasquale Anfossi Pasquale Anfossi (5 April 1727 – February 1797) was an Italian opera composer. Born in Taggia, Liguria, he studied with Niccolò Piccinni and Antonio Sacchini, and worked mainly in London, Venice and Rome. He wrote more than 80 operas, both '' ...

, was influential in the development of

opera buffa ''Opera buffa'' (; "comic opera", plural: ''opere buffe'') is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian comic operas variously classified by their authors as ''commedia in musica'', ''commedia per musica'', ''dramm ...

Works

*''La vedova capricciosa'',

commedia per musica This is a glossary list of opera genres, giving alternative names. "Opera" is an Italian word (short for "opera in musica"); it was not at first ''commonly'' used in Italy (or in other countries) to refer to the genre of particular works. Most c ...

(

, Nuovo, carnival 1765) *''Ifigenia in Aulide'', (

, Argentina, 1766) *''La clemenza di Tito'', (Rome, Argentina, 1766) *''Arsace'',

dramma per musica Dramma per musica ( Italian, literally: ''drama for music'', plural: ''drammi per musica'') is a libretto. The term was used by dramatists in Italy and elsewhere between the mid-17th and mid-19th centuries. In modern times the same meaning of ''dr ...

(

, Teatro San Benedetto, 1768) *''La pittrice'',

(Rome, Pace, 1768) *''Il gran Cidde Rodrigo'', dramma per musica (

, 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 g ...

(

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, Leon d'Oro, carnival 1770) *''Siroe, re di Persia'', dramma per musica (

, 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'', (

, 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