Patti

(pat’té), (1) Carlotta, Florence, 1840—Paris, June 27, 1889; eminent concert colorature-soprano; pupil of her father, (2) Salvatore P., a tenor, and her mother, (3) Cater in a (née Chiesa), a soprano. (4) Adelina (Adela Maria), Madrid, Feb. 10, 1843—Craig-y-Nos, Breconshire, Wales, Sept. 27, 1919; one of the most eminent colorature-singers in history; sister of (1), and like her a pupil of her parents; sang in public as a mere child; then studied with (husband of her sister Amelia); début, at 16, New York, Nov. 24, 1859, as ‘“‘Lucia’”’ (under the stage-name “the little Florinda’’); 1861, London, Covent Garden; 1862, Paris Th. It alien; 1868, m. the Marquis de Caux. career, covering more than 40 years, brought her phenomenal adulation in the principal music centres, although she sang only about 30 réles and these usually in the older Italian operas. Not a great actre , she relied for her effects upon consummate vocal technique rather than emotional powers. She withdrew from the stage 1906 and, except for a brief tour in the U. S., lived at her castle Craig-y-Nos, in Wales. 1886, m. and toured with the tenor Nicol in i (d. 1898); 1899 m. a Swedish nobleman, Baron Cederstrém. (5) Carlo, Madrid, 1842—St. Louis, Mo., March, 1873; bro. of above: violinist.