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heard there, was L'Amore Artigiano;
it began at eight, and was not over till
twelve o'clock: the music, which had
pretty things in it, was by Signor Floriano
Gasman, in the service of the emperor,
who played the harpsichord. There were
in it seven characters, all pretty well done,
but no one very well, as to singing.
The dance in this opera was very en-
tertaining; there was an infinite num-
ber of principals and figurers employed
in it, besides two saltatori, Signor and
Signora Palecini, who gained more ap-
plause than all the rest; indeed their
activity was very surprising: there were
two others, who danced all' Inglese, and
there was a French peruquier in this bur-
letta, whose singing was to be French:
but their imitations here are such as ours
in London, when we are to take off the
Italians; that is to say, about as like as a
miserable sign-post, called the King or
Queen's head, usually is to George the
Third, or Queen Charlotte: one is more
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