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Francesco (Franco) Antonio Faccio (8 March 1840 – 21 July 1891) was an Italian composer and conductor. Born in Verona, he studied music at the Milan Conservatory from 1855 where he was a pupil of Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti and, as scholar William Ashbrook notes, "where he struck up a lifelong friendship with Arrigo Boito, two years his ...
Amleto (English: Hamlet) is an Italian opera in four acts by Franco Faccio set to a libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Hamlet.It premiered on 30 May 1865 at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and was revised for a La Scala production given on 12 February 1871.
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Franco Faccio (1840-1891), the composer, and librettist Arrigo Boito (1842-1918) were close friends and members of the Scapigliatura, a group of young, outspoken intellectuals and artists who, in the wake of the recent unification of Italy, intended to revolutionize opera and compose only creative “music for the future.”
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Francesco (Franco) Antonio Faccio was an Italian composer and conductor. Born in Verona, he studied music at the Milan Conservatory from 1855 where he was a pupil of Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti and, as scholar William Ashbrook notes, "where he struck up a lifelong friendship with Arrigo Boito, two years his junior" and with whom he was to collaborate in many ways.
The year was 1865 when 25-year-old Franco Faccio unveiled Amleto, based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, with libretto by his close friend Arrigo Boito. The premiere in Genova was so successful that friends urged a revival, which finally came in 1871 at La Scala (the year Wilmington’s Grand Opera House was built!).
Oct 3, 2014 · In 1865, the composer Franco Faccio led the premiere of his opera “Amleto” — Hamlet — in Genoa, Italy. Faccio and his friends, including the writer/composer Arrigo Boito, who wrote the ...
Oct 21, 2016 · After its inauspicious beginning, it has become almost a staple of the small operatic repertoire. Amleto by Franco Faccio and Arrigo Boito is absolutely worthy of joining these ranks, and the production at the Bregenzer Festspiele has done a beautiful job to launch it. Let us hope that other opera houses hear the call.
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