Vestvali, Félicité
(1831–1880)> VOCALIST
Vestvali, Félicité (1831, Warsaw; 3 April 1880, Warsaw), vocalist, was born into a wealthy and noble family. Young and very beautiful, she discovered that she was endowed with a remarkable contralto voice, and she traveled to Italy to perfect it under the direction of Saverio Mercadante and Pietro Romani . She proved to be an excellent student, and she was rewarded with the opportunity to make her debut at La Scala as Azucena in Il Trovatore in 1853. The contralto’s success in Italy won her…