Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Giulia Grisi NPG D34986

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Firmin Salabert, printed by Thierry Frères

Milan-born soprano Grisi dominated London opera in a career that spanned over three decades. From 1834 she performed in Rossini's La gazza ladra at the King's Theatre. She sang at the opening of the Royal Italian Opera at Covent Garden in 1847 (now the Royal Opera House), and again in 1857 when the Royal Opera House reopened after it had been devastated by fire. She was widely considered to be one of the leading sopranos of the nineteenth century. Her unhappy marriage with her... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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