[Born in 1816. Still living.]
Made her first appearance in London during the season of 1834, being
then 18 years old. From that time until her retirement from the English
stage in 1854, not absent for a single season. Her voice a soprano of
great power and of exquisite purity. Her histrionic talents, of the
highest order, displayed equally in the artless peasant girl, and in the
passionate and revengeful Semiramis. During twenty years she reigned
supreme as queen of the lyric drama, finding many rivals, but no equal.
[By Flosi.]
POETS AND DRAMATISTS.