Michele de Falco explained

Michele de Falco (also Falco, di Falco, Farco: c. 1688 in Naples  - after 1732) was an Italian composer, maestro di cappella, and a pioneer of the opera buffa genre.^[1] He was probably a student of Nicola Fago, with whom he also collaborated on his second opera. He also collaborated with Leonardo Vinci on his operas.^[2]

Operas

• Lo Lollo pisciaportelle (Libretto: Nicola Orilia), opera buffa 1709
• I rivali generosi (Libretto: Apostolo Zeno), opera buffa 1712
• Nicola Fago

Lo Masillo (Libretto: Nicola Orilia), 2nd act by Falco, opera buffa 1712

• Lo 'mbruoglio d'ammore (Libretto: Aniello Piscopo), opera buffa 1717
• Armida abbandonata (Libretto:), Dramma per musica, 1719
• Lo castiello sacchejato (Libretto: Francesco Oliva), Commedia per musica, 1720 (1722 with additions by Leonardo Vinci, as pasticcio with Pietro Pulli 1732)
• Le pazzie d'ammore (under the anagram "Cola Melfiche," Libretto: Francesco Antonio Tullio), opera buffa 1723
• an intermezzo to the dramma per musica by Nicola Porpora Il Siface, 1726

Notes and References

1. Julie Anne Sadie Companion to Baroque Music p73 1998 "Falco, Michele (?1688-after 1732). Maestro di cappella and one of the first musical collaborators of Neapolitan ...
2. The operas of Leonardo Vinci, Napoletano p40 Kurt Sven Markstrom - 2007 "The latter had originally been a collaborative effort between Vinci and Michele de Falco. Because the original composer designation to de Falco was omitted for this revival, Prota-Giurleo was of the opinion that Vinci replaced the music "