Overview

Year	Age	Activity
1685		Born Naples (same year as Bach & Handel)
1701	16	Composer & organist at Royal Chapel, Naples
1705	20	Sent to Venice
1709	24	Rome, in service to exiled Polish Queen Marie Casimire. Met Thomas Roseingrave.
		Trail of skill with Handel (Hpsch & organ)
1715 – 19	30	Maestro Di Cappella at St Peter’s, Rome
1715		Stabat Mater
1719	34	Visited London to direct his opera Narciso at the King’s Theatre
1719	34	Arrived in Lisbon, Portugal
1727	42	Moved to Rome; married Maria Caterina Gentili
1729 – 33	45	Moved to Seville, Spain; gaining knowledge of flamenco
1733	48	Moved to MadridBefriended castrato Farinelli also in Madrid
1738		Publication of 30 Essercizi (Exercises) Farinelli arranges Italian opera company to visit Madrid
1742		Death of his first wife
1757		Salve Regina
1757	71	Died 23 July, and buried in Madrid convent