Velluti in Speculum - or - The Chorus Singers Triumphant. Before...and...After.

£1,250 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Rare. Not in the British Museum or a Yale. There is an example in the V A in London but we have not traced any others. A satire on the “last great castrato”, Giovanni Battista Velluti (1780-1861) who was widely celebrated at first but received criticism for his performances on the London stage and further compoun

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