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nobility; and the Queen and Princess
Royal with that which was under the
direction of Handel.
He likewise confirmed to me the truth
of the following extraordinary story,
which I had often heard and never before
credited. Senesino and Farinelli, when
in England together, being engaged at
different theatres on the same night, had
not an opportunity of hearing each other,
till, by one of those sudden stage-revolu-
tions which frequently happen, yet are
always unexpected, they were both em-
ployed to sing on the same stage. Sene-
sino had the part of a surious tyrant to
represent, and Farinelli that of an unfor-
tunate hero in chains: but, in the course
of the first song, he so softened the ob-
durate heart of the enraged tyrant, that
Senesino, forgetting his stage-character,
ran to Farinelli and embraced him in his
own.
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