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his tone, and has a great deal of taste
and expression; if he had a little more
brilliancy and fullness of tone, and a
greater variety of stile, his playing would
be unexceptionable, and perhaps superior
to that of most players in Europe; as it
is, there seems to be a drowsiness in his
tone, and a want of animation in his
manner.
Orgitano played the harpsichord, and
Signor Consorte, a musico, was there to
sing; there was likewise a pretty good
solo hautbois. The whole company had
given Caffarelli over, when, behold! he
arrived in great good humour; and, con-
trary to all expectation, was, with little
entreaty, prevailed upon to sing. Many
notes in his voice are now thin, but there
are still traits in his performance suffici-
ent to convince those who hear him, of
his having been an amazing fine singer;
he accompanied himself, and sung with-
out any other instrument than the harp-
sichord; expression and grace, with great
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