Luigi Lablache was an Italian opera singer of French and Irish ancestry. He was most noted for his comic performances, possessing a powerful and agile bass voice, a wide range, and adroit acting skill
Portrait of Luigi Lablache by Josef Kriehuber (1827)
Giulia Grisi as Elvira and Luigi Lablache as Sir Giorgio in Bellini's I puritani at The King's Theatre in London, 1835
Portrait of Luigi Lablache, by François Bouchot (1831)
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 c. late 1850s – c. early 1860s
Giulia Grisi, photographed circa 1860
Grave of Giulia Grisi, in Paris, at Père Lachaise Cemetery, France.