Niçard Vespers (Italian: Vespri nizzardi [ˈvɛspri nitˈtsardi]; French: Vêpres niçoises) were three days of popular uprising of the inhabitants of Nice, in...

rehearsals were under way for a new Verdi opera written specially for her, Les vêpres Siciliennes. Her performance of Les Huguenots , scheduled for the beginning...