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Spanish-born Adelina Patti (–) had a singing career that started when she was a child prodigy and ended in Learn more.!
Patti, Adelina (1843–1919)
Spanish-born soprano who was one of the greatest of her century. Pronunciation: pa-TEE.
Name variations: Marchioness de Caux; Baroness Cederström or Cederstrom. Born Adelina Juana Maria Patti on February 19, 1843, in Madrid, Spain; died on September 27, 1919, at Craig-y-Nos Castle, Brecknockshire, Wales; daughter of Salvatore Patti (an Italian singer) and Caterina Chiesa Barili-Patti (a Spanish singer known before her marriage as Signora Barili); younger sister of Carlotta Patti (1835–1889), a singer, and Amelia Patti, who married Maurice Strakosch; raised and educated in New York City; married Louis de Cahuzac, marquis de Caux, in 1868 (divorced 1885); married Ernesto Nicolini (a tenor), in 1885 (died 1898); married Baron Rolf Cederström, in 1899; no children.
Debuted at Covent Garden (1861), Berlin (1861), Brussels (1862), Paris (1862), Vienna (1863), Paris Opéra (1867), Teatro alla Scala (1877), Metropolitan (1887); retired (1906); appeared in