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Franco Faccio (March 8, 1840 – July 21, 1891) was an Italian
Italy

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 composer
Composer

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 and conductor
Conducting

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.

Born in Verona
Verona

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, Faccio became known as a conductor of Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic music composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers in the 19th century....
's music. He studied music in Milan
Milan

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 and after finishing his studies began his career as a composer, writing I Profughi Fiamminghi (Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
, 1863) and Amleto
Amleto

Amleto, an opera in four acts by Franco Faccio. Libretto by Arrigo Boito. Premiered May 30, 1865 Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova. Revised for a La Scala production given on February 12, 1871....
 (Genoa
Genoa

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, 1865), the latter being one of the many operas based on William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

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's Hamlet
Hamlet

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Francofaccio
Franco Faccio (March 8, 1840 – July 21, 1891) was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and conductor
Conducting

Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
.

Born in Verona
Verona

Verona is a city in Veneto, northern Italy, one of the seven provincial capitals in the region. It is one of the main tourist destinations in north-eastern Italy, thanks to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans....
, Faccio became known as a conductor of Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic music composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers in the 19th century....
's music. He studied music in Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
 and after finishing his studies began his career as a composer, writing I Profughi Fiamminghi (Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
, 1863) and Amleto
Amleto

Amleto, an opera in four acts by Franco Faccio. Libretto by Arrigo Boito. Premiered May 30, 1865 Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova. Revised for a La Scala production given on February 12, 1871....
 (Genoa
Genoa

Genoa is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. The city has a population of about 610,000 and the urban area has a population of about 900,000....
, 1865), the latter being one of the many operas based on William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English people poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist....
's Hamlet
Hamlet

Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle King Claudius, who has murdered King Hamlet, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude ....
. Both operas failed to achieve success either among the critics or the general public. However the Marcia Funebre composed for the Amleto
Amleto

Amleto, an opera in four acts by Franco Faccio. Libretto by Arrigo Boito. Premiered May 30, 1865 Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova. Revised for a La Scala production given on February 12, 1871....
 is considered as an important example of Faccio's lyricism. Its popularity is made evident by its transcriptions for wind band in late 19th century. One can still listen to this part of the opera in Corfu
Corfu

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 during Easter, where the band of Philarmonic Society of Corfu performs it during the epitaph litany of St. Spyridon
Spyridon

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 in the morning of Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday

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.

Conductor Anthony Barese edited Amleto's score in 2004 and presented the work on stage, thereby allowing a re-evaluation of its merits. Barese has also presented the marcia funebre with the Dallas Opera Young Artists' Symphony Orchestra.

In 1867 Faccio became director
Music director

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 of the Milan Conservatory
Milan Conservatory

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 and in 1872 he was nominated director
Music director

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 of Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
's Teatro alla Scala
La Scala

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. Faccio conducted the first performance of Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic music composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers in the 19th century....
's Otello
Otello

Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on William Shakespeare's Play Othello. It was Verdi's second to last opera and is considered by many to be his greatest tragedy....
 (1887), which starred his long-time lover Romilda Pantaleoni
Romilda Pantaleoni

Romilda Pantaleoni was an Italian soprano who had a prolific opera career in Italy during the 1870s and 1880s. She sang a wide repertoire that encompassed bel canto roles, Italian and French grand opera, verismo operas, and the German operas of Richard Wagner....
 as Desdemona, Francesco Tamagno
Francesco Tamagno

Francesco Tamagno was an Italy opera singer who performed to enormous acclaim in Europe and America.The most famous heroic tenor of his age, Tamagno was celebrated throughout the operatic world for the extreme power of his singing, especially in the upper register....
 as Otello and Victor Maurel
Victor Maurel

Victor Maurel was a French operatic baritone who enjoyed an international reputation as a great singing-actor.Educated in music at the Paris Conservatory, he made his debut in opera in Marseilles in 1867, before appearing in the following year in Paris....
 as Iago. He also conducted Otello in its London
London

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 premiere
Premiere

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 with Tamagno repeating his triumph as the Moor. He had previously conducted the first Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 performance of Aida
Aida

Aida an Arabic female name meaning "visitor" or "returning") is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette ....
 (1872) and the premiere of the revised version of Simon Boccanegra
Simon Boccanegra

Simon Boccanegra is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the Play Sim?n Bocanegra by Antonio Garc?a Guti?rrez....
 (1881).

Faccio died in Monza
Monza

Monza is a city on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, in the Lombardy region of Italy some 15km north-northeast of Milan. It is best known for its Grand Prix motor racing circuit, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza....
 at the young age of 51.

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