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poser to support it, as both the drama and singing were bad. There was, how- ever, a comic character performed by Signor Casaccia, a man of infinite hu- mour; the whole house was in a roar the instant he appeared; and the plea- santry of this actor did not consist in buffoonery, nor was it local, which in Italy, and, indeed, elsewhere, is often the case; but was that of original and general sort as would excite laughter at all times and in all places.
The airs of this burletta are full of pretty passages, and, in general, most in- geniously accompanied; there was no dancing, so that the acts, of which there were three, seemed rather long.
There are three Conservatorios in this city, for the education of boys who are intended for the profession of music, of the same kind with those of Venice, for girls. As the scholars in the Venetian Conservatorios have been justly celebrated for their taste and neatness of execution,
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