Francesco Azopardi (orAzzopardi) (May 5, 1748 – February 1809) was aMaltese composer and music theorist.^[1]

Azopardi was born inNotabile. He received his musical training in Malta and during his stay from 1763 to 1774 inNaples at theConservatory of San Onofrio underCarlo Cotumacci and Joseph Doll. He worked atSt. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina, and, from 1789 following the Napoleonic invasion and flight of theKnights of St. John, combined his responsibilities at Mdina with those atSt. John's Co-Cathedral inValletta. One of his successes was a setting ofMetastasio's librettoLa Passione di Gesù Cristo he conducted at theManoel Theatre in Valletta in 1782. He died inRabat.

He is known especially through his workIl Musico Prattico, which appeared in French translation byNicolas-Étienne Framery.

• Malta felice (cantata, 1775)
• La magica lanterna (opera buffa, 1791)

• La passione di Cristo (oratorio,libretto byPietro Metastasio, 1782, 1802)
• Various masses composed between 1768 and 1806
• Various sacred works composed between 1772 and 1796
• Songs, hymns and psalms composed between 1772 and 1807

• Overture for 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 horns, bass, and organ (1782)
• Sinfonia for 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, horn and basso continuo (1797)
• Sinfonia for oboe obbligato, oboe, 2 violins, 2 horns and basso continuo (1799)

• Il musico prattico
• Dissertazione sulla risoluzione della quinta falsa in 6/4 rivolto dell'armonia di 5/3
• Dissertazione sulla musica greca

• Les manuscrits de Malte 3 – Oeuvres de Francesco Azopardi: Lauda Sion. Assumpta est. Beatus Vir. Confitebor. Dixit Dominus.Maîtrise des Bouches du Rhône, leader Jeannine Prosper, Jeune Ensemble Baroque de Provence, dir. Giuseppe Dellavalle. Studio SM, Paris. 1998.

• Free scores by Francesco Azopardi at theInternational Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)