Career
He was known as having been active as a librettist in Florence in 1732 when he wrote Enrico (later re-set with music by Galuppi) and in 1741 was appointed as a director and librettist for the King"s Theatre in London. His other opera librettos include: Galuppi"s Polidoro and Scipione in Cartagine (both produced at the King"s Theatre in 1742), Saint Germain"s Louisiana incosrtanza delusa (produced at the Haymarket Theatre in 1745) and Gluck"s Louisiana caduta dei giganti. Gluck"s opera, a commission by Lord Middlesex, premiered at the King"s Theatre in 1746.