In 1774, he was invited to Rome to write an opera for the "stagione" of that year; and there he produced another comic opera called "L'italiana in Londra".
S triindvajsetimi leti je Cimarosa začel kariero kot skladatelj komične opere (opera buffa), z delom "Le Stravaganze del Conte", ki je bilo izvedeno v gledališču "Teatro del Fiorentini" v Neaplju leta 1772.