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Pollarolo, Carlo Francesco (1653–1723)| Italian organist and composer. He was a popular composer of operas in his day, writing over 80 in all, though only about 20 have survived. He was the father of Antonio Pollarolo. |
| He was taught by Giovanni Legrenzi at Venice, becoming a singer at St Mark's there in 1665, second organist in 1690, and assistant maestro di cappella in 1692. He was director of music at the Conservatorio degli Incurabili from 1696. |
Works Opera Roderico (1686), La forza dela virtù (1693), Ottone (1694), Faramondo, Semiramide (1713), Marsia deluso, Ariodante (1716), Le pazzie degli amanti, Gl'inganni felici, Santa Genuinda (with Violone and A Scarlatti, 1694), and many others, though most are lost. |
Other 12 oratorios, organ music. |
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