Amelia Patti
Amelia Patti , married Amelia Strakosch (* 1831 in Madrid ; † December 12, 1915 in Paris ) was an Italian opera singer (soprano).
Life
Amelia Patti was the eldest daughter of the Italian singers Salvatore Patti and Caterina Barili . Her siblings were the violinist and conductor Carlo , the soprano Carlotta and the famous opera singer Adelina Patti . She was trained by her mother and made her debut in 1848 at the New York Astor Opera House as Abigaille in the American premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco . The following year she appeared here with her father in Gaetano Donizetti's Roberto Devereux . In 1855 she sang Maddalena in the American premiere of Verdi's Rigoletto at the Academy of Music , in which her half-brother Ettore Barili played the leading role.
Patti has sung dramatic soprano and mezzo-soprano roles on many of the major opera stages in America and Europe. In 1852 she married the composer and concert entrepreneur Maurice Strakosch , who a. a. acted as impresario for her sister Adelina. In her later years she lived in Paris, where she also gave singing lessons.
Web links
- Amelia Patti at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ^ The New York Times , New York, USA, December 15, 1915, p. 15. Here as Amalia Strakosch .
- ↑ Chicago Tribune , Chicago, Illinois, USA, December 31, 1915, p. 33.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Patti, Amelia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strakosch, Amelia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1915 |
| Place of death | Paris |