Marietta Piccolomini by Mayall

MARIETTA (MARIA) PICCOLOMINI
(Maria Teresa Violante Piccolomini Clementini )
(5 March 1834 - 11 December 1899)
Italian Soprano
Made her debut in Rome, November, 1852, in Donizetti's Poliuto and Antonio Cagnoni’s Don Bucefalo, under the guidance of her teacher, Romani .She was invited to sing the British premiere of La Traviata at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, where she appeared for the first time on May 24, 1856