![]() ![]() For a while he moved to Florence but then returned to Rome, where he was offered a position of Maestro di Cappella at the court of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (just some years earlier Arcangelo Corelli had the same patrons, Queen Christina and Cardinal Ottoboni). He stayed there till 1702 and wrote 40 operas. His work was noticed in Naples, at that time one of the greatest music centers of Europe, and in 1684 he became Maestro di Cappella to the viceroy of Naples. He wrote his first opera at the age of 19 Queen Christina of Sweden, who then lived in Rome, was impressed and offered her patronage. ![]() He was born in Palermo, the Kingdom of Sicily, on May 2, 1660. These days Scarlatti-père is not as famous as his son Domenico, but in his day Alessandro was the foremost opera composer. ![]()
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