Sims Reeves
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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
Thérèse Tietjens
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Thérèse Carolina Johanne Alexandra Tietjens was a leading opera and oratorio soprano. She made her career chiefly in London during the 1860s and 1870s, but her sequence of musical triumphs in the Brit
Sims Reeves
…proved more successful in ticket sales than the alternate Italian nights of Il trovatore and Don Giovanni despite the rival attractions of the soprano Thérèse Tietjens and the tenor Antonio Giuglini. In 1862, Reeves presented Mazeppa, a cantata written for him by Michael William Balfe. In July 1863 Reeves appeared for…
Thérèse Johanne Alexandra Tietjens standing
Tietjens as Lucrezia Borgia
Tietjens carte de visite