Italian composer (1708-1775) who specialised in opera. He started off in Rome and Milan then was invited to London, Naples, Florence, etc. He was appointed chapel master in Parma in 1743. He moved to Paris in 1757 and worked as music director for the Comédie-Italienne from 1761 to 1770. He was a moving force in opéra-comique in the late 18th century and imported many Italian elements into the French musical language.
