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
Sophie Cruvelli
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Sophie Johanne Charlotte Crüwell, vicountess Vigier, stage name Sophie Cruvelli was a German opera singer. She was a dramatic soprano who had a brief but stellar public career especially in London and
Soprano Sophie Cruvelli, 1852
Portrait of Sophie Cruvelli by Karl Friedrich Johann von Müller (1852) Château de Compiègne