ph ot ograph ers ▁sn apped ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁shot ▁the ▁greatest ▁perform er ▁of ▁C ener ent ola ▁and ▁Sem ir am ide , ▁and ▁what ▁is ▁left ▁of ▁the ▁man ▁who ▁wrote ▁these ▁master pie ces ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 7 ▁she ▁had ▁rem ar ried — to ▁a ▁French ▁military ▁officer ▁named ▁Charles ▁Zie ger . ▁She ▁died ▁at ▁Ville - d ' Av ray , ▁near ▁Paris , ▁in ▁her ▁" V illa ▁La ▁C ener ent ola ", ▁and ▁was ▁buried ▁at ▁P ère ▁L ach a ise ▁C emetery . ▁Always ▁engaged ▁in ▁char ity ▁( o ften ▁in ▁memory ▁of ▁Ma estro ▁Ross ini ), ▁she ▁left ▁nearly ▁all ▁her ▁estate ▁to ▁the ▁poor ▁of ▁Paris . ▁In ▁her ▁will ▁she ▁wrote ▁that ▁by ▁singing ▁she ▁had ▁earned ▁all ▁her ▁fortune , ▁and ▁on ▁singing ▁she ▁would ▁pass ▁away , ▁with ▁the ▁sweet ▁thought ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁employed ▁it ▁to ▁encou rage ▁and ▁to ▁console . ▁ ▁Art istic ▁features ▁Alb oni ' s ▁voice , ▁an ▁exception ally ▁fine ▁contr al to ▁with ▁a ▁se am less ▁comp ass ▁of ▁two ▁and ▁one - half ▁oct aves , ▁extending ▁as ▁high ▁as ▁the ▁sop rano ▁range ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁possess ▁at ▁once ▁power , ▁sweet ness , ▁full ness , ▁and ▁extraordinary ▁flex ibility . ▁She ▁had ▁no ▁pe ers ▁in ▁pass ages ▁requiring ▁a ▁sensitive ▁delivery ▁and ▁semi - rel ig ious ▁calm ness , ▁ow ing ▁to ▁the ▁moving ▁quality