Claim: John James Heidegger promoted masquerade balls before he became influential in management of the opera; William Hogarth a political satirist who was well-known and well-regarded, published a satire about Heidegger, Masquerades and Opera, about the contemporary follies of the masquerades of Heidegger.
Evidence: William Hogarth FRSA (/ˈhoʊɡɑːrθ/; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist.