:51:23
Rise, Signor Farinelli.
:51:25
Permit the Prince ofWales
to pay you homage.
:51:29
The Nobles Theater
is eternally grateful to you...
:51:32
for saving its honor,
as well as the honor...
:51:36
of this country's nobility.
:51:38
My voice is at the service of music,
Your Highness.
:51:44
Your voice...
:51:46
Signor Farinelli...
:51:48
attracts the most
discerning audiences.
:51:50
And despite the support
of His Majesty...
:51:54
you're stealing from Handel
his last remaining listeners.
:51:57
Not that we're displeased!
:52:14
What do you mean?
:52:16
These operas Handel composes
in three weeks...
:52:18
are an insult
to his audience.
:52:20
- Who spread this slander?
- Rumors.
:52:23
Rumors that you stop
to peddle, sir!
:52:26
- Have you heard these operas, sir?
- You're joking, young lady.
:52:30
That would be treason.
We never attend Covent Garden.
:52:33
I have heard them. They surpass
anything one hears anywhere else.
:52:38
I can't imagine Handel's work
surpasses Maestro Porpora's work.
:52:43
Or that of Signor Broschi.
:52:45
You're an ass, sir.
You don't deserve to have ears!
:52:49
Long after posterity
has forgotten...
:52:52
that you ever lived...
:52:54
it will preserve Handel's name
with infinite respect.
:52:58
Your conceited attitude...