▁was ▁sum mon ed ▁by ▁the ▁Card inal ▁Duke ▁of ▁York , ▁Henry ▁Bened ict , ▁to ▁compose ▁for ▁him ▁a ▁setting ▁of ▁Met ast as io ' s ▁or atorio ▁La ▁pass ione ▁di ▁Ges ù ▁Crist o ▁still ▁played ▁ann ually ▁in ▁Rome , ▁and ▁who ▁presented ▁him ▁to ▁Card inal ▁Aless andro ▁Alban i , ▁an ▁int imate ▁of ▁Pope ▁Bened ict ▁XIV . ▁ ▁Stuttgart ▁and ▁last ▁years ▁He ▁subsequently ▁visited ▁Vienna ▁before ▁taking ▁a ▁post ▁as ▁Kap ell meister ▁to ▁Duke ▁Karl ▁Eugen ▁of ▁Wür ttemberg ▁in ▁Stuttgart ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 3 . ▁This ▁period ▁saw ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁greatest ▁success es , ▁including ▁the ▁composition ▁of ▁what ▁are ▁regarded ▁as ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁best ▁works . ▁Many ▁were ▁st aged ▁at ▁the ▁Duke ' s ▁private ▁the at res ▁in ▁the ▁Palace ▁of ▁Ludwig s burg , ▁outside ▁Stuttgart . ▁Moz art ▁and ▁his ▁father ▁Leopold ▁passed ▁through ▁Ludwig s burg ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 3 ▁on ▁their ▁" grand ▁tour " ▁and ▁met ▁the ▁composer . ▁J omm elli ▁returned ▁to ▁Nap les ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 8 , ▁by ▁which ▁time ▁opera ▁buff a ▁was ▁more ▁popular ▁than ▁J omm elli ' s ▁opera ▁seria , ▁and ▁his ▁last ▁works ▁were ▁not ▁so ▁well ▁received . ▁He ▁suffered ▁a ▁stroke ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 1 ▁which ▁partially ▁par al ys ed ▁him , ▁but ▁continued ▁to ▁work ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁three ▁years ▁later , ▁in ▁Nap les . ▁ ▁Works