She rings at the gate; your noble friends come out, and ask who she is; they discover, and drive away such a person as a poor Cantatrice.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
No effect whatever could be made were a Cantatrice to follow implicitly the written notes of this opera, such being merely a rough sketch, as it were, of the composer's ideas, which the singer is supposed to complete.
"Style in Singing"
W. E. Haslam
In these memoirs there is a chapter devoted to the newspaper critics, and it is interesting to note the good-nature with which the sprightly Cantatrice handles these touchy gentlemen.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson