Marco Betta is an Italian composer for film, opera, symphonic and chamber music. He composed among others, the soundtracks for "Il Manoscritto del Principe" (2000), "Viaggio segreto" (2006) and "Viva la libertà" (2013) directed by Roberto Andò, "Maria Montessori" (2007), "Aldo Moro il presidente" (2008), "Le cose che restano" (2010) directed by Gianluca Tavarelli and "Con gli occhi di un altro" (2010) directed by Antonio Raffaele Addamo. Betta has composed various operas and works for musical stage productions such as "Il fantasma nella cabina" on a text by Andrea Camilleri and libretto by Rocco Mortelliti, "Sette storie per lasciare il mondo" – opera for music and film in seven parts di Roberto Andò e Marco Betta (2006) and "Natura viva" opera in one act on a text by Ruggero Cappuccio, performed al 73° Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 2010. In 2004 worked with Placido Domingo who plays at the Arena di Verona "Corone di pietra" for tenor, chorus and orchestra on a text by Daniele Martino. Among his last works "Il quadro nero" opera for music and movies with Roberto Andò by Renato Guttuso and Andrea Camilleri represented on 7 February 2015 at the Teatro Massimo of Palermo and the opera in one act "Notte per me luminosa" on a text by Dario Oliveri dedicated to ' "Orlando furioso" by Ludovico Ariosto staged at the Theatre of Modena on December 2, 2016. His music is published by Ricordi Milan and Casa Musicale Sonzogno.