in the years 1804 and 1805 grassini was in london where, at the king's theatre, she sang in some revivals of andreozzi’s "la vergine del sole", nasolini’s "la morte di cleopatra" and fioravanti’s "camilla", as well as in the premières of von winter’s "il ratto di proserpina" and "zaira". in “il ratto” there appeared elizabeth billington, too, and the two prima-donnas confronted each other in a singing contest from which the italian singer emerged triumphant.