Adelina Patti
Spanish opera singer (1843-1919) · Spain · On the map · Musicians · Died at 76
Adela Juana Maria Patti, 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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Portrait of Adelina Patti, 1860s
Adelina Patti (National Portrait Gallery)
Portrait by Franz Winterhalter (1862)
Portrait by James Sant (1886)
Patti, her entourage, and Pullman attendants ca. 1904
Patti caricatured by the French artist André Gill
Adelina Patti as Lady Harriet in 'Martha' by Flotow, Camille SilvyAwards
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Along with her near contemporaries Jenny Lind and Christina Nilsson, Patti remains one of the most famous sopranos in history, owing to the purity and beauty of her lyrical voice and the unmatched quality of her bel canto technique.
The same award as Adelina
Bernard HaitinkBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Henry WoodBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Thomas QuasthoffBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Elliott CarterBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Bruno WalterBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Henri DutilleuxBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal