John Sims Reeves was an English operatic, oratorio and ballad tenor vocalist during the mid-Victorian era.
Reeves, c 1889.
Reeves with Catherine Hayes at La Scala, 1846
Reeves in the title role of Fra Diavolo, which he first performed in 1852 at Drury Lane.
1860s photograph of Reeves
Giulio Marco Bordogni, usually called just Marco Bordogni, was an Italian operatic tenor and singing teacher of great popularity and success, whose mature career was based in Paris.
Bordogni c.1838