Giovanni Moretti (composer)

While still a student his azione teatrale, La gioia dei sudditi, was performed at the Teatro Nuovo in 1830 to celebrate the return of Francis I from Spain.

Over the next ten years he continued to conduct performances in various minor opera houses in Naples such as the Giardino d'Inverno and the Teatro Bellini.

In the other opera houses in Naples it was still customary for the conductor to stand on the stage and leave the leader of the violin section to mark the tempo.

[2][3] Writing in 1870, Francesco Florimo noted the ingenious quality and popularity of Moretti's operas—his Policarpio with a libretto by Marco D'Arienzo ran for an entire year at the Teatro Nuovo.

In Florimo's view, Moretti had unfortunately chosen to enclose himself within the small circle of second-tier opera houses of Naples, contenting himself with little, enough to provide for the present without ever thinking about his future.