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Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856

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Personal name headingVestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856
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Variant(s)Mathews, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi Vestris, 1797-1856
Bartolozzi, Elizabetta Lucia, 1797-1856
Bartolozzi, Eliza Lucy, 1797-1856
Vestris, Madame, 1797-1856
Birth date1797
Death date1856-08-08
Place of birthLondon (England)
Place of deathLondon (England)
Field of activityMusic Theater
AffiliationOlympic Theatre (London, England)
Covent Garden Theatre
Lyceum Theatre (London, England)
Profession or occupationContraltos Singers Actresses Theatrical managers
Found inMemoirs of the life, public and private adventures of Madame Vestris, 1839.
Oxford Music Online, via WWW, 25 October 2016 (Lucia Elizabeth (Eliza Lucy) Vestris (neeĢ Bartolozzi); born London, 3 January or 2 March 1797; died London, 8 August 1856; contralto, actress and theatre manager; married Auguste-Armand Vestris in 1813; he left her about 1816-1817; leased and managed the Olympic Theatre (1831-1838), Covent Garden (1839-1842), and the Lyceum Theatre (1847-1855); married Charles Mathews, Jr. in 1838; influential in developing the more naturalistic theatrical style of the 1860s and 1870s)
Wikipedia, via WWW, 25 October 2016 (Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (January 1797-8 August 1856) was an English actress and contralto opera singer; notable as theatre producer and manager; born Elizabetta Lucia Bartolozzi in London; married French dancer Auguste Armand Vestris, who deserted her four years later; used stage name "Madame Vestris" throughout her career)