Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856
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Name (Latin)
Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856
Other forms of name
Bartolozzi, Eliza Lucy, 1797-1856
Bartolozzi, Elizabetta Lucia, 1797-1856
Mathews, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi Vestris, 1797-1856
Vestris, Madame, 1797-1856
Mathews, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi Vestris
Date of birth
1797-03-03
Date of death
1856-08-08
Field of activity
Music
Theater
Occupation
Actresses
Contraltos
Singers
Theatrical managers
Gender
female
Sources of Information
- Oxford Music Online, via WWW, 25 October 2016(Lucia Elizabeth (Eliza Lucy) Vestris (neé Bartolozzi); born London, 3 January or 2 March 1797; died London, 8 August 1856; contralto, actress and theatre manager; married Auguste-Armand Vestris in 1813; he left her about 1816-1817; leased and managed the Olympic Theatre (1831-1838), Covent Garden (1839-1842), and the Lyceum Theatre (1847-1855); married Charles Mathews, Jr. in 1838; influential in developing the more naturalistic theatrical style of the 1860s and 1870s)
- Wikipedia, via WWW, 25 October 2016(Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (January 1797-8 August 1856) was an English actress and contralto opera singer; notable as theatre producer and manager; born Elizabetta Lucia Bartolozzi in London; married French dancer Auguste Armand Vestris, who deserted her four years later; used stage name "Madame Vestris" throughout her career)
- Memoirs of the life, public and private adventures of Madame Vestris, 1839.