Patti

Adelina Adela Juana Maria, soprano, b. Madrid, Feb. 10, 1843. Pupil of father Salvatore P., tenor, ana her mother Cater in a Chiesa, dram, sop., of half-brother E. Barili, and of Maurice Strakosch, husband of her sister Amalia, under whose direction she sang at concerts in N. Y. in early fifties, making operatic d6but there in 1859; ddbut London 1861, Paris 1862; 1861-84, '85, '87 at Covent Garden; voice of remarkable compa , flexibility and sweetne ; especially good as Rosma in 11 Barbiere; as conceit singer has also won praise, even on last of several farewell tours 1906; married Marquis de Caux 1868, Ernest Nicofini 1886, and Baron Cederstrom 1899; lives at Craig Y Nos, in Wales.