Francesco Uttini

Francesco Antonio Baldassare Uttini (1723 in Bologna – 25 October 1795) 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 and double bass player Adolpho Ludovico Uttini.

Works 1743: Alessandro nelle Indie , opera seria, Genoa 1748: Astianatte, dramma seria, Cesena 1750: Demofoonte, opera seria, Ferrara 1752: Siroe, opera seria, Hamburg 1753: L'olimpiade, opera seria, Copenhagen 1754: Zenobia, opera seria, Copenhagen 1755: La Galatea, opera seria, Drottningholm 1755: L'isola disabitata, dramma per musica, Drottningholm 1755: Il rè pastore, dramma per musica, Drottningholm 1757: L'eroe cinese, opera seria, Drottningholm 1757: Adriano in Siria, opera seria, Drottningholm 1762: Cythère assiégée, opéra comique, Stockholm 1764: Il sogno di Scipione, dramatic serenade, Stockholm 1765: Soliman II, ou Les trois sultanes, opéra comique, Stockholm 1766: Le gui de chène, opéra comique, Stockholm 1766: Psyché, tragédie lyrique, Drottningholm 1768: L'aveugle de Palmyre, opéra comique, Drottningholm 1773: Thetis och Pelée, grand opera, Stockholm 1774: Aeglé, opéra-ballet, Stockholm 1774: Birger Jarl och Mechtilde, drama with divertissements, Stockholm 1776: Aline, drottning uti Golconda, opera, Stockholm