Carlo Francesco Pollarolo

[1] After receiving training in music from his father, Carlo Francesco began his career as the organist at the Santa Maria della Pace, Brescia; a position he held before the birth of his son, the composer Antonio Pollarolo, in 1676.

[1] On 18 December 1676 Carlo Francesco succeeded his father as the organist at the Brescia Cathedral at which point he resigned from his position at the Santa Maria della Pace.

He later was promoted to the post of "capo musico" at the Brescia Cathedral on 12 February 1680; replacing Pietro Pelli as maestro di cappella.

He concurrently served as the maestro di cappella at the Accademia degli Erranti from 1681 through 1689; an institution which had staged his first opera, Venere travestita, in 1678.

On 13 August 1690 he was appointed second organist at St Mark's Basilica, and two years later was promoted to the position of vicemaestro di cappella.