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.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 ... 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.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 "
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: :it:Francesco Silvani), 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
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