Francesco Uttini
Opera, Composer
1723 – 1795
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Who was Francesco Uttini?
Francesco Antonio Baldassare Uttini was an Italian composer and conductor who was active mostly in Sweden.
He is best remembered today as a composer of operas in both the Italian and Swedish languages and for his five symphonies. He provided the music for the first Swedish grand opera, Thetis och Pelée, which was commissioned by Gustavus III in 1772 and was successfully performed the following year.
He was married first to the opera singer Rosa Scarlatti, and then to the opera singer Sofia Liljegren. He was the father of the ballet dancer Carlo Uttini.
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