Giovanni Battista Ferrandini

Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710 – 25 October 1791), an Italian composer of the Baroque and Classical eras, was born in Venice, Italy and died in Munich, at the age of 81. The newly constructed Bavarian Court Theatre (Residenztheater) in Munich opened on 12 October 1753 with Ferrandini's opera "Catone in Utica". A recording of the opera made 250 years later in the same theatre is available (Oehms Classics OC 901). Other operas: Giordo 1727, Il Sacrifico Invalido 1729, Adriano in Siria 1737.