 As is known, Verdi and Emanuele Muzio had arrived in Paris on 2 June 1847 "en route" to London for "I masnadieri", and the composer had sent Muzio on to London to make sure that Jenny Lind, about whom rumours of her reluctance to come to England abounded, was already present and ready to go to work.While Verdi remained in the city, Mary Jane Phillips-Matz in her massive biography of the composer, speculates that Verdi saw her in the three days he was present.On 27 July 1847, having left London, Verdi returned to Paris.