 He received his education in Paris, where he studied musical composition and violin, and performed in the orchestra of the Comédie-Italienne.In 1764, he traveled to England to lead a band at the King's Theatre and at Marylebone Gardens where he was received with enthusiasm.This led to a commission for his first dramatic stage work, "Pelopida", an opera in three acts in the Italian style that was performed at the King's Theatre in 1766.