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Dictionary definition: Patti, Adelina
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Patti, Adelina
(
b
Madrid, 19 Feb. 1843;
d
Craig-y-Nos Castle, 27 Sept. 1919). Italian soprano, daughter of the tenor
Salvatore Patti
(1800–69), a Donizetti singer, later opera manager in New York, and the soprano
Caterina Chiesa Barilli-Patti
(
d
1870), who reputedly sang Norma the night before Adelina was born. Studied New York with E. Valentini, and Ettore Barilli (her half-brother). Singing début aged 7; stage début New York, AM, 1859 (Lucia). New Orleans, French OH, 1860–1. London, CG, 1861–95; Berlin 1861; Paris, I 1862 and O from 1872; Vienna 1863; Moscow, St Petersburg, 1869; Milan, S, from 1877; US tour 1881–4 with Mapleson Co.; New ...
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