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100 1 $aCone, John Frederick.
245 10 $aAdelina Patti :$bqueen of hearts /$cby John
Frederick Cone ; chronology by Thomas G. Kaufman ;
discography by William R. Moran.
260 $aPortland, Or. :$bAmadeus Press,$cc1993.
300 $axxi, 400 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aOpera biography series ;$vno. 4
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 284-304)
and index.
504 $aDiscography: p. 313-316.
520 1 $a"Jenny Lind's tribute to Adelina Patti, "There is
only one Niagara; and there is only one Patti," is perhaps
the most memorable of artists' tributes to the operatic diva
Adelina Patti. She was a favorite among royalty and
composers alike, especially Rossini, Auber, Meyerbeer,
Berlioz, and Verdi, who declared her "an artist by nature,
so perfect that perhaps there has never been her equal."
Adelina Patti (1843-1919) was a vocal phenomenon, a
glamorous celebrity, and a formidable legend renowned for
both a nonpareil professional career and a deliciously
intriguing private life. At the height of her career she was
the world's singer of singers and the toast of three
continents; to this day she remains, relatively speaking,
one of the highest-paid performers in music history."
"Adelina Patti gave her first public recital at the age of
eight in New York City; she last performed in public at
London's Albert Hall sixty-three years later. For decades in
between, her singing and artistry enthralled millions
throughout Europe, Russia, and North and South America.
Among her admirers were Queen Victoria, Napoleon III and the
Empress Eugenie, King Edward VII, and Czar Alexander II of
Russia. Leo Tolstoy paid tribute to her in Anna Karenina,
and George Bernard Shaw, as music critic, wrote eloquently
of her glorious singing.".
520 8 $a"Patti's private life, rich in scandal and
adventures, was the subject of much public scrutiny. The pet
of the cultural elite, the possessor of enormous wealth, the
chatelaine of a Welsh country estate, and a physically
alluring woman, she was ever a fascinating personality.
Perhaps the greatest sensation was her marriage in 1868 to a
French aristocrat, the Marquis de Caux, followed in a few
years by a separation and her living "in sin" with a
celebrated French tenor, a married man and a father. The
press called her affair with the singer and subsequent
marriage to him the nineteenth century's greatest stage
romance." "Patti made her only recordings when that industry
was in its infancy - and she was in her early sixties.
Though Patti could hardly be said to be in the ascendancy of
her career, these records have nevertheless captured
wonderful interpretations, flawless trills, and vocal graces
rarely heard." "Dr. Cone's Adelina Patti: Queen of Hearts is
the first full-length Patti biography in English since 1920,
and it is the only work to provide a full account of Patti's
early years and final decades. It includes much original
material, including previously unpublished Patti letters,
and more than 150 photographs that evoke the rich mosaic of
the diva's life and career. A foreword by the Earl of
Harewood and an introduction by Robert Tuggle open the book;
a chronology by Thomas Kaufman and a discography by William
Moran round out the historical record. Publication of the
book in 1993 honors the 150th anniversary of Patti's
birth."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aPatti, Adelina,$d1843-1919.
650 0 $aSingers$xBiography.
700 1 $aKaufman, Thomas G.
700 1 $aMoran, William R.
