Franco Caracciolo

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Franco Caracciolo (born 6 March 1944, died 3 November 1992) was an Italian actor and conductor. He studied piano and composing at the Conservatoire of S. Pietro a Majella in Naples, and conducting at the Accadamia di S. Cecilia in Rome. He toured widely as a concert and opera conductor, was leading conductor of the Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples from 1949-1964 and became the permanent conductor of the Sinfonica di Milano Orchestra of Radiotelevisione Italiana.