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232 A TOUR THROUGH
he is one of the most agreeable singers
I have ever heard ; and am persuaded, that
in a few years, he will be very celebrated.
Campanucci, the second soprano, is, I think,
preferable to mosl that I have heard in
Italy ; and you will the more easily believe
this, when I inform you, that he is en-
gaged for next winter, to be the first singer
in the great opera at Rome. Is it not
strange, that the capital of all Italy ; and,
for the fine arts, (as it formerly was
for arms) the capital of the world, should
condescend to chuie its first opera-per-
former from amongst the subalterns of a
remote Sicilian stage ?
You will believe, that with two such
fopranos as these, and Gabrieli for the
first woman, the opera here will not be
a despicable one. It is to begin in a few
days, notwithstanding the extreme heat
of the season ; so fond are the people here
of these entertainments.
Their
he is one of the most agreeable singers
I have ever heard ; and am persuaded, that
in a few years, he will be very celebrated.
Campanucci, the second soprano, is, I think,
preferable to mosl that I have heard in
Italy ; and you will the more easily believe
this, when I inform you, that he is en-
gaged for next winter, to be the first singer
in the great opera at Rome. Is it not
strange, that the capital of all Italy ; and,
for the fine arts, (as it formerly was
for arms) the capital of the world, should
condescend to chuie its first opera-per-
former from amongst the subalterns of a
remote Sicilian stage ?
You will believe, that with two such
fopranos as these, and Gabrieli for the
first woman, the opera here will not be
a despicable one. It is to begin in a few
days, notwithstanding the extreme heat
of the season ; so fond are the people here
of these entertainments.
Their