Ann Selina Storace as Euphrosyne in Milton's 'Comus' Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Ann Selina Storace as Euphrosyne in Milton's 'Comus' NPG D7220
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Jean Condé, printed for John Bell, after Samuel De Wilde
'Nancy' Storace was a soprano singer and actress whose parents took her to Italy to launch her career at the age of thirteen. She then spent four years in Vienna (1783-7) where she sang Susannna in the triumphant first performance of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (1786). Returning to England in 1787, Storace first performed Italian opera at the King's Theatre. She joined Drury Lane as its most highly paid singer in 1789 and specialised in comic roles. Between 1797 and 1801 she toured Europe... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










