He was the son of delicatessen owner Francesco Maria Seconda (1725-1773), an Italian, and his wife Sophia Dorothea, née Krampe (1729-1809).
Both benefitted from Bondini's reputation, with him being allowed to play in Leipzig during the War of the Bavarian Succession as a compensation for performances in Dresden.
The company's repertoire consisted almost exclusively of operas, such as works by Luigi Cherubini, Ferdinando Paër and Mozart, such as Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro and The Abduction from the Seraglio.
A comic opera in two acts, it was adapted from the Italian: il pittore parigino, being arranged and set to Cimarosa's original music.
[2] The Deutsche Operngesellschaft was only allowed to perform in Dresden in the small theater outside the Schwarzen Thors at the Lincke’sches Bad.
In the conflict between German and Italian opera, no musician of the Staatskapelle Dresden or the Semperoper under Francesco Morlacchi was allowed to perform with Seconda.
However, the usual venue, the Theater am Lincke'schen Bad, was located outside the entrenchments around Dresden and was reserved for performances of the Théâtre Français under French occupation.