Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Marietta Alboni, Countess Pepoli (née Maria Anna Marzia) NPG D7310

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by A. de Laroussie, after Unknown artist

Marietta Alboni was an Italian operatic contralto. While a student at Bologna, Alboni came to the attention of Rossini, later instructed her in the main contralto roles in his operas. In 1842 she made her debut as Climene in Giovanni Pacini's Saffo at Bologna, and she achieved success in Rossini's Le siège de Corinthe at La Scala in Milan. Over the next few years Alboni toured in Austria, Russia, Germany and eastern Europe. In 1847 she made sensational debuts at Covent Garden in London... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.