Did you know?
Pauline Viardot-Garcia possessed the holograph of the famous opera Don Giovanni of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. She left it to the Paris Conservatory Library.
Pauline Viardot [née García] (July 18, 1821 – May 18, 1910) was a 19th century French mezzo-soprano and composer of Spanish descent. She achieved initial fame as “Pauline García”. She referred to herself simply as “Mme. Viardot” after her marriage.
