Venice, ca. 1700 - †Venice, May 20, 1768.
He was probably born in the early years of the 18th century and was a pupil of N. Monferrato. His name first appears in connection with his four serious operas of 1724-26. On December 22, 1726, he was appointed "organista del palchetto" (the small organ in one of the two niches in the wall in front of the high altar) in St. Mark's Church in Venice, succeeding the brothers Agostino and Antonio Coletti. On July 24, 1740, he was replaced by Angelo da Cortona. Under the name of Francesco, Brusa staged four plays in the years 1724-1726: "Il trionfo della virtù" (libretto by P. D'Averara, Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo, autumn 1724.), "L'amore eroico" (libretto by A. Zeno and P. Pariati), "L'amore eroico" (libretto by P. D'Averara, Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo, fall 1724. Zeno and P. Pariati, Venice, Teatro San Samuele, spring 1725), "Arsace" (libretto by A. Salvi, Milan, Teatro Ducale, August 28, 1725), and "Medea e Giasone" (libretto by G. Palazzi, Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo, December 26, 1726). Meanwhile, there is evidence of Brusa's activity as a church composer in two oratorios he performed in Genoa in 1736.
