Adelina Patti

Italian opera singer (1843–1919)

Adela Juana Maria Patti (19 February 1843 – 27 September 1919), commonly known as Adelina Patti, was a Spanish-Italian opera singer. At the height of her career, she was earning huge fees performing in the music capitals of Europe and America. She first sang in public as a child in 1851, and gave her last performance before an audience in 1914.

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