[Berenstadt, Cuzzoni and Senesino] [graphic].

Satire on the Italian opera, apparently Handel's 'Flavio', act III, scene 4, with the three Italian opera singers of the title on the stage of the King's Theatre in the Haymarket; they sing the roles of Flavio, Emilia and Guido respectively. In a classical set, a tall ungainly man with a small head and knock-knees wearing theatrical Roman armour with a curved sword its hilt decorated with a parrot's head; a very short woman wearing a crown to which is attached a train held by a small boy; another man with a small head standing with hands on hips wearing theatrical Roman armour and a helmet with a very large crest. From the British Museum online catalogue