[Various singers] unable for some time to perform, it became necessary, in order to repair these losses, to engage a young singer, the daughter of the tenor Garcia, who had sung here for several seasons. She was as yet a mere girl, and had never appeared on any public stage: but from the first moment of her appearance she showed evident talents for it both as singer and actress. Her extreme youth, her prettiness, her pleasing voice, and sprightly easy action, as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Seviglia, in which part she made her debut, gained her general favour […]