Bartolomeo taught his son how to play the organ and music composition, while contemporarily, Felici studied with violinist Giuseppe Castrucci.
[3] He showed interest in composing for the theater, and in 1765 his father sent him to Naples, the Italian city known for its bustling opera scene.
[2] Felici returned to Florence in 1767 and began composing his own operas, distinguished as being much more cuttingly expressive than the works of his contemporaries (anticipating the romantic period),[4] which guaranteed his immediate and notable success.
[3] His only critic was marquis Eugène de Ligniville, who wrote in a letter to Giovanni Battista Martini that his hunting dog knew more about counterpoint than Felici.
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