Giovanni Matteo Mario
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Giovanni Matteo De Candia, also known as Mario, was an Italian opera singer. The most celebrated tenor of his era, he was lionized by audiences in Paris and London. He was the partner of the opera singer Giulia Grisi.
Portrait of Mario as Don Giovanni in the 1850s at the Italian Opera House of the Mariinsky Theatre
Giulia Grisi
Grisi and Mario in Lucrezia Borgia
A late portrait of Mario De Candia
Giulia Grisi
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Giulia Grisi was an Italian opera singer. She performed widely in Europe, the United States and South America and was among the leading sopranos of the 19th century.
Grisi as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni
Giulia Grisi, photographed circa 1860
Grave of Giulia Grisi, in Paris, at Père Lachaise Cemetery, France.