Franco Caracciolo (29 March 1920 – 28 September 1999) was an Italian conductor.

Life

He was born in

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in 1920. He studied piano and composing at the Conservatoire of S. Pietro a Majella in Naples, and conducting at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

Career

He toured widely as a concert and opera conductor, was leading conductor of the Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples from 1949 to 1964 and became the permanent conductor of the Sinfonica di Milano Orchestra of Radiotelevisione Italiana. His repertory ranged from

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to contemporary, including operas by Cherubini, Cimarosa, Haydn, Paisiello, and Scarlatti, and 20th century works by Darius Milhaud,

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, Nino Rota, and Gino Marinuzzi. He retired in 1987.Claudio Casini. "Caracciolo, Franco." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. 6 Mar. 2012

Main positions held

* 1944–5 Conductor of the Amici della Musica SO in Bari. * 1949–64 Conductor of Alessandro Scarlatti Orchestra, Naples. * 1964 to 1971 Conducted the Radio Orchestra of Milan. * 1971–87 Second period as conductor of Alessandro Scarlatti Orchestra, Naples.

References

1920 births 1999 deaths Italian male conductors (music)

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