Note 65 — Chapter XII · OPERA IN FRANCE, AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF GLUCK.
Reading edition
In chronicling the material changes that have taken place at the French Opera, I must not forgot the story of the new curtain, displayed for the first time, in 1753, or rather the admirable inscription suggested for it by Diderot—Hic Marsias Apollinem. Pergolese's Servante Maitresse (La Serva padrona) had just been "écorchée" by the orchestra of the Académie.