Lucia Elizabeth Vestris
c. 1835 Engraving: Eliza Vestris in The Alcaid
Born	Lucia Bartolozzi January, 1797 London
Died	August 8, 1856 London
Years active	1815—1854
Spouse(s)	Auguste Armand Vestris (1813—1817) Charles James Mathews (1835—?)

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (January, 1797–August 8, 1856) was an English actress. Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Gaetano Appolino Baldassare Vestris (1729 - 1808), French ballet dancer, was born in Florence and made his debut at the opera in 1749. ... Charles James Mathews (December 26, 1803–June 24, 1878), was born at Liverpool, a son of the actor Charles Mathews and became even better known than him in the same profession. ... is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ...

She was born Lucia Bartolozzi in London, the daughter of Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi (1757-1821) and granddaughter of Francesco Bartolozzi, the engraver. In 1813 she married Auguste Armand Vestris, who deserted her four years later. Her contralto voice and attractive appearance had gained Madame Vestris her first leading role in Italian opera in the title-role of Peter Winter's II ratio di Proserpina at the King's Theatre in 1815. She had immediate success in both London and Paris, where she played Camille to Talma's Horace in Horace. Her first hit in English was at Drury Lane in James Cobb's (1756-1818) Siege of Belgrade (1822). She was particularly a favourite in "breeches parts," like Cherubino in the Marriage of Figaro, and in Don Giovanni, and with such introduced songs as "Cherry Ripe," "Meet me by moonlight alone," "I've been roaming," etc. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Italian engraver, was born at Florence. ... Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. ... Marie-Jean-Augustin Vestris, known as Auguste Vestris (27 March 1760 - 5 December 1842) was a French dancer. ... In music, an alto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a soprano. ... For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Horace, as imagined by Anton von Werner Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. ... Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. ... James Edward Cobb (October 5, 1835 - June 2, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. ... Le Nozze di Figaro, is a comic opera composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Beaumarchais. ... Don Giovanni (K.527; complete title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punishd, or Don Giovanni) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. ... Cherry Ripe is an Australian chocolate bar manufactured by Cadbury Australia Pty. ...

In 1831, having accumulated a fortune, she became lessee of the Olympic Theatre, and began the presentation of a series of burlesques and extravaganzas—for which she made this house famous. She married Charles James Mathews in 1838, accompanying him to America and aiding him in his subsequent managerial ventures, including the management of the Lyceum Theatre and the theatre in Covent Garden. They inaugurated their management of Lords Garden with the first known production of Love's Labour's Lost since 1605; Vestris played Rosaline. In 1840 she staged one of the first relatively uncut productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which she played Oberon, beginning a tradition of female Oberons that lasted for seventy years. Photograph of Sally Rand, 1934. ... Charles James Mathews (December 26, 1803–June 24, 1878), was born at Liverpool, a son of the actor Charles Mathews and became even better known than him in the same profession. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... The Lyceum Theatre is a theatre located in London, on Wellington Street near Covent Garden in the West End. ... Covent Garden is a district in London, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden. ... For the film, see Loves Labours Lost (2000 film). ... For other uses, see A Midsummer Nights Dream (disambiguation). ... Oberon, also Auberon, King of the Fairies, is most well-known as a character in William Shakespeares play, A Midsummer Nights Dream, written in the mid-1590s. ...

Her last appearance (1854) was for Charles's benefit, in an adaptation of Madame de Girardin's La Joie fait pour, called Sunshine through Clouds, and she died in London. Her musical accomplishments and education were not sufficient to distinguish her in grand opera, and in high comedy she was only moderately successful. But in plays like Loan of a Lover, Paul Pry, Naval Engagements, etc., she was delightfully arch and bewitching. A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ...

References

• F. E. Halliday, A Shakespeare Companion 1564-1964, Baltimore, Penguin, 1964.
• Profile of Vestris and others who worked with James Planche

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.