From 1666 to 1673, he worked at the Dresden court. From 1674 to 1685, at the Ospedale degli Incurabili (a conservatory where orphaned children were musically trained) in Venice and further in Dresden. In August and September 1687, he was with the concert master Georg Gottfried Backstroh back in Venice.
He died in Dresden, and his grave is located in the Convent of the Saint Mariestern.
He wrote more than 20 operas premiered in Venice and Dresden, oratorios and sacred works.