Francesco Gasparini (born March 16, 1661 in Camaiore near Lucca, Tuscany, Italy - died March 22, 1727 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian composer of baroque. He probably studied in Rome under Bernardo Pasquini and Arcangelo Corelli. From 1682, however, he was an organist in the Church of the Madonna dei Monti in Rome. In 1684 he was accepted as a singer by the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna, and in the following year also as a composer.
Gasparini celebrated his opera debut in 1686 with Olimpia vendicata in Livorno. His work includes a total of nearly 60 operas.
His most successful play was Ambleto (also: Amleto). Gasparini again devoted himself entirely to composing from 1718 to 1724. His operas were performed in all the important opera houses of Italy from Rome to Turin. His last post was as a conductor in 1725 at San Giovanni in Laterano, which he held until his death in 1727.
