He returned in Italy in 1801 and settled in Venice where in 1811 he was appointed maestro in the Cappella Marciana, position that he held till the death in 1855.
Perotti was essentially a composer of sacred music.
125 sacred works for soloists, chorus and orch, including masses, mass sections, canticles, hymns, Lamentations, motets, ps settings, vespers (in I-Vsm, Vlevi)