Michele De Falco
Michele De Falco also Michele Falco (* around 1688 in Naples ; † after 1732 there) was an Italian opera composer. He received his training at the Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio a Porta Capuana, where Nicola Fago was one of his teachers. De Falco was best known for a series of buffo operas in the Neapolitan dialect.
Works
- Lo Lollo pisciaportelle (Libretto: Nicola Orilia ), Buffo Opera, WP 1709
- I rivali generosi (Libretto: Apostolo Zeno ), Buffo Opera, WP 1712
- Nicola Fago : Lo Masillo (Libretto: Nicola Orilia), Buffo Opera, 2nd act by De Falco, WP 1712
- Lo 'mbruoglio d'ammore (Libretto: Aniello Piscopo ), Buffo Opera, WP 1717
- Armida abbandonata (Libretto: Francesco Silvani ), Dramma per musica, WP 1719
- Lo castiello sacchejato (Libretto: Francesco Oliva ), Commedia per musica, WP 1720 (1722 with additions by Leonardo Vinci , as pasticcio in collaboration with Pietro Pulli 1732)
- Le pazzie d'ammore (under the anagram Cola Melfiche, libretto: Francesco Antonio Tullio ), Buffo-Oper, WP 1723
- Interludes to the second version of the dramma per musica Il Siface by Nicola Porpora , premier 1730
Web links
- List of the stage works by Michele De Falco based on the MGG at Operone, accessed on December 21, 2014.
- Search for operas by Michele De Falco (search term in the Autore field : “Falco Michele”) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on December 21, 2014.
- Francesca Agresta: Entry FALCO, Michele in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Vol. 44 (1995)
Individual evidence
- ^ List of the stage works by Nicola Porpora based on the MGG at Operone, accessed on December 21, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Falco, Michele |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Falco, Michele |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian opera composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1688 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1732 |
| Place of death | Naples |