Giuseppe Maria Orlandini

Highly regarded by music historians of his day like Francesco Saverio Quadrio, Jean-Benjamin de La Borde and Charles Burney, Orlandini, along with Vivaldi, is considered one of the major creators of the new style of opera that dominated the second decade of the 18th century.

[1] Born in Florence,[2] Orlandini began working as an opera composer in his late twenties for Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici.

That same year his intermezzo Il marito giocatore (also performed under the title Serpilla e Bacocco in some later productions) premiered in Venice.

Another successful intermezzo that was played in many opera houses in Europe was L'impresario delle Isole Canarie (Music lost).

While serving in these positions, he continued to remain productive as an opera composer, regularly providing works for the La Pergola and Il Cocomero theatres in Florence.