M.me de Giuli Borsi.
V. Hess.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 268 x 202mm. 10˝ x 8". Some foxing and staining, crease on right & top left.
Seated on a chair wearing arm-length gloves; she wears a bracelet and a cord around her neck that falls into her lap. Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23680] £90.00
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 268 x 202mm. 10˝ x 8". Some foxing and staining, crease on right & top left.
Seated on a chair wearing arm-length gloves; she wears a bracelet and a cord around her neck that falls into her lap. Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23680] £90.00