His operas have a remarkably strong sense of dramatic effect as well as a great musical facility, and a grotesque humour which was characteristic of Italian grand opera down to the death of Alessandro Scarlatti.
Hans operaer har en ualmindeligt stærk dramatisk effekt samt et stor musikalsk vingefang og en grotesk humor, som var karakteristisk for den italienske grand opera frem til Alessandro Scarlattis død.