John Weeks Moore

“ Lumley three years, and made such a decided impression upon the English public that he would in all probability not have separated his future from them, had it not been at the wish of Jenny Lind herself, who urged him to accept the proposition made him by Mr. Barnum, and ac-company her to America, where he sang in all her concerts until her marriage.
As an operatic artist, Signor Belletti holds a high rank; but as an accomplished and clever musician, he has a right to take even higher ground. ”

“ He was paid by a purely honorary stipend ; but after his voice had been tried in a few masses it attracted notice, and many of his friends, seeing that he had the means of making it more lucrative than he would probably ever make his present position, advised him most strongly to undertake the far more largely paid career of a theatrical vocalist. After long hesitating whether or not to comply with their advice, his indecision was brought to an end by the Chevalier Bystrom, the sculptor to his majesty the King of Sweden, who, after some difficulty, induced him to follow him to Stockholm. ”