Carlo Franchi (composer)
Carlo Franchi was an Italian opera 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 Naples, where his first opera La vedova capricciosa had its premiere in 1765. Subsequent works were performed in Rome, Venice, Mantua, Turin, Florence, and outside Italy in places such as Dresden and Lisbon.
His intermezzo Il barone di Rocca Antica, written jointly with Pasquale Anfossi, was influential in the development of opera buffa.Works
- La vedova capricciosa, commedia per musica
- Ifigenia in Aulide,
- La clemenza di Tito,
- Arsace, dramma per musica
- La pittrice, intermezzo
- Il gran Cidde Rodrigo, dramma per musica
- La contadina fedele, intermezzo
- Il tronfio della costanza, opera semiseria
- Le astuzie di Rosina e Burlotto, dramma giocoso
- Siroe, re di Persia, dramma per musica
- La pastorella incognita,
- Il barone di Rocca Antica, intermezzo : Act 1 by Franchi
- La semplice, intermezzo,
- Farnace, dramma
- La finta zingara per amore, farsa : believed to be a revision of Il barone di Rocca Antica
- I tre amanti ridicoli,
