He began to write for the stage in 1639 ("Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo "), and soon established so great a reputation that he was summoned to Paris in 1660 where he revived his opera"Xerxes".
He began to write for the stage in 1639 ("Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo ") soon after the first public opera house opened in Venice. He established so great a reputation that he was summoned to Paris in 1660 where he revived his opera"Xerxes".