Lord Mount Edgcumbe described her voice as of great compass, her upper notes clear and full, and the lower having the richness of a mezzo-soprano.
John Waldie saw her in the opera Ricciardo, and thought she was 'awkward and screaming, without cultivation or science, tho' powerful and young and very tall'.
[4] In the same year she created the role of Queen Mary Stuart in the opera of that name by Carlo Coccia, opposite Giuditta Pasta, at His Majesty's Theatre in London.
[7] Her career came to a premature end when, after a performance, she had to wait in the pouring rain at the draughty entrance of a London theatre, and caught a severe cold which developed into rheumatic fever: this was not properly diagnosed and took many months to overcome.
[8] After this the Puzzis became vocal professors and managers, and hosted many celebrity concerts (often accompanied by Michael Costa) in their Piccadilly salon at 38, Jermyn Street, which were attended by press magnates, patrons from the nobility, etc.