Carlotta Patti
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Carlotta Patti (born October 30, 1835 in Florence , † June 27, 1889 in Paris ) was an Italian opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Carlotta Patti, the daughter of the opera singer and director Salvatore Patti and the singer Caterina Barili , was a piano student of Henri Herz before completing her vocal training. Since she was unable to walk due to an accident in her childhood, she avoided the opera stage and appeared almost exclusively as a concert singer. She made her debut in 1861 with a concert at the Academy of Music in New York. In the same year the impresario Bernard Ullman undertook a successful concert tour through North America with her.
After further concert tours she made her debut in England in 1863 with a concert at the Covent Garden Opera in London; there followed appearances and a. in Paris and Vienna. In 1869 she returned to America and became the attraction in Max Strakosch's open company with parts such as the aria of the Queen of the Night from Mozart's Magic Flute . In 1871 she organized several concerts in Valparaiso for the benefit of the French victims of the Franco-Prussian War .
In 1872 Patti gave a gala concert with the London Philharmonic Society . In 1879 she married the Belgian cellist Ernest de Munck , who was the principal cellist in the court orchestra of Grand Duke Carl Alexander von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach. After that she retired from the concert stage and worked as a singing teacher in Paris.
In addition to the famous Adelina Patti , her other siblings were also active as musicians: Amelia Patti also as a singer, Carlo Patti as a violinist and conductor.
literature
- Malou Haine: Quatre cents lettres de musiciens au Musée royal de Montmarie , Mardaga, 1995, ISBN 978-2-87009-578-2 , p. 371 ( excerpt from Google Books )
- Robin Humphrey Legge: Patti, Carlotta , in: Dictionary of National Biography . 1885–1900, volume 44
Web links
- Carlotta Patti at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Picture History - Carlotta Patti
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Patti, Carlotta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1889 |
| Place of death | Paris |