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78:, played mainly in both Leipzig (1788-1796, 1800-1806, 1810-1817) and Dresden (1787, 1790-1807, 1809-1816). Beginning in 1788, he worked closely with his brother Franz Seconda, who, after Bondini, took over the Dresden court theater. Both benefitted from Bondini's reputation, with him being allowed to play in Leipzig during the War of the Bavarian Succession as a compensation for performances in Dresden. During the performances in Leipzig from 1807 to 1809, which were cancelled due to the war, there was a new cooperation with the Bautzen theater, which was under Friedrich Nitzschke.
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two daughters, who later on worked as actresses, also in the company of their father; Caroline
Antonie Friederike ("Antonie", baptized on May 26, 1802, in Dresden, married on April 24, 1822, to the actor Georg Heinrich Metzner, died on June 28, 1888, in Dresden) and Sophie Dorothea Ernestina ("Sophie", baptized on October 13, 1803, in Dresden, died after 1827).
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