 Lodovico studied with Cellini and made his debut in 1845 in Bologna in Carlo Cambiaggio's "Don Procopio".In 1846 he was heard at the Regio Teatro degli Avvalorati in Livorno as Elvino in Vincenzo Bellini's "La sonnambula".He made his debut at La Scala on 14 August 1847 in the title role of Gaetano Donizetti's "Dom Sébastien".