Claim: Tommaso Traetta was born in Bitonto and eventually became a pupil of the composer, singer and teacher Nicola Porpora in Naples.
Evidence: Tommaso Michele Francesco Saverio Traetta
(1727-03-30)30 March 1727
Bitonto, Kingdom of Naples He eventually became a pupil of the composer, singer and teacher Nicola Porpora in Naples, and scored a first success with his opera Il Farnace in Naples in 1751.