Franco Faccio

Franco Faccio ( born March 8, 1840 in Verona, † July 21, 1891 in Monza ) was an Italian composer and conductor.

He began his musical studies in 1855 at the Conservatory in Milan, after its completion, he went with his friend Arrigo Boito to Paris. Here he worked as a composer and conductor, and made with the musical greats of his time acquaintance: Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Gounod and Hector Berlioz. In 1866, he fought on the side of his friend Boito with the troops of Garibaldi.

After a brief interlude as a conductor in Scandinavia and Germany, he returned to his homeland in 1868 and was director of the Milan Conservatory, in 1871 then director of La Scala in Milan. Faccio conducted the Italian premiere of Verdi's Aida (1872 ) and the premiere of Otello (1887 ). He died at the age of 51 in Monza, after he had spent the last two years of his life after a serious illness in the local lunatic asylum. His body was transferred to Milan.

Franco Faccio was primarily known as a conductor, in particular for his Verdi interpretations. As a composer he is less proved unsuccessful, his two operas I Profughi Fiamminghi (1863 ) and Amleto (1865 ) are relatively unknown. In addition, he still created three symphonies, chamber music and some other works.

• Conductor
• Composer ( romance )
• Italian composer
• Born in 1840
• Died in 1891
• Man