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there were still many who remembered his performance so well, that they could bear to hear no other singer; that the whole kingdom continued to resound his fame, and I was sure tradition would hand it down to the latest posterity.
Friday 24. This being St. Bartholo- mew's day, I went to the church of that name, where I was told the music would be good; however, I found it quite the contrary. Signor Gibello was Maestro di Capella, and several castrati sung, but neither the composition nor execution pleased me; the composition had not one of Buranello's three requisites, vaghezza, chiarezza, e buona modulazione, to re- commend it, and the execution was slo- venly and incorrect.
Though there was no opera in Bologna at this time, yet, for the sake of seeing the theatre, I went to the play. The house is elegant, but not large; it has however five rows of boxes, twelve or
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