Journal entry (1779) [ Practices / People ]
… – Soon after him my Father came home, & in a few Minutes Piozzi – in high good humour. – After talking awhile of the Opera, & cutting up Mr Tessier very notably, we had Music – that is , Piozzi sung several songs, serious & comic like an … agribbly . – I suppose you have seen Tessier’s impudent puff in the Morning Post where he names 7 or 8 Composers for the Opera this Season, out of which number but one has been engaged by the Managers – He begins with Sacchini, who has … – it seems as if that Scheme was given up, which I much rejoice in. – We shall have nobody new in the Serious Opera – nor, except a base singer who is not arrived, & Signor Tonioli a last Man , in the Comic. – All my dependence …
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