Queen Victoria. (1819–1901) Buckingham Palace Concert Programme - Queen Victoria's singing debut, 1840Rare original concert program from a Buckingham Palace performance on June 12, 1840, most unusually featuring two uncommon star performers that evening, namely a youthful Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The concert was given under Michael Costa's direction and with his accompaniment at the piano, and the Queen herself took part in no less than five numbers, singing in a duo with Prince Albert, and in a trio with Signors Rubini and Lablache, and in