John Weeks Moore

“ He had not yet written a serious opera ; which, if it demands less vivacity than the comic, requires more real genius, and a knowledge of the noblest, most in-tense, and most expressive emotions of the human heart. ”

“ Anfossi, freed from the presence of his master, and proud of the unexpected favor of the Romans, (he only was talked of at Rome ; his music only was listened to,) redoubled that ardor with which Piccini himself had inspired him. He became more laborious, more active than ever he had been ”