PHILLIPPS

Adelaide . b. Str at ford-on-Avon 26 Oct. 1833; taken to U.S. of America 1841; appeared on the stage at Tremont theatre, Boston Jany. 1842; sang at the Boston museum 1843–51; pupil of Manuel Garcia in London March 1852; made her début at Brescia as Arsace in Semiramide 1853; sang in Milan and other cities; sang in Italian opera in Philadelphia and New York; appeared in Paris as Azucena in Il Trovatore 1860; the Adelaide Phillipps opera company was organized 1876: sang with the Ideal opera company 1879–81; last appeared on the stage in Cincinnati 1881; her stage name in Europe was signorina Fillippi; her voice was a contralto with a compa of 2½ octaves; her best parts were Rosina, Leonora and Azucena. d. suddenly Carlsbad, Austria 3 Oct. 1882. A. C. Waters ton’s Adelaide Phillipps, a record, Boston (1883); Applet on’s American biography iv 758 (1888) portrait .