Show ADELINA the queen nean of song whose sweet street strains will de light ns on tuesday adelina patta was born at madrid spain april 0 9 1843 her given names are adda adela juana maria ilaria clorina her mother madame barilli patti was the prima donna of the grand theater at bf madrid adrid the patti family emi erni grated to the united Sta states in 1844 adelina was what ia is called a precocious child she could sing almost before she could speak she caught up at the age of four all the gems of the opera and tang sang them correctly her first public appearance was made at tho the age of nine years when mr dir ole bull and the infantile prima donna made a tour of f the united states where adelida eang sang all the great pieces made familiar by jenny lind sontag bosio and others the child made by this trip which her father invested in a country seat sent and summer residence for the family sontag and albani both told lier her ahe she was destined to be one of the greatest singers in the world alter after the concert tour with stra koseba she went to the wast west indies 37 with ith gottschalk Gotta chalk in havana s she sang in costume the duet in the barber of seville with her brother barilli and the enthusiastic cabaneros Haba neros made such a noise in in recalling her that she ran away alwa Y frightened and could not be persuaded tt tw go on the sante stage again again throughout the west in indies essaedi ess she hedi divided tho the honors with gottschalk and at porto rico had bad an marriage she was only fourteen i from the richest proprietor in the 1 place her subsequent career in europe is well known she reappeared in in new york in 1859 returned to E europe drope in 1802 1862 married the marquis de caux in 1868 the mother of the iho patti family died in 1859 her eldest daughter Clo clotilda tilds barilli was waa eminently successful as a tit singer iger in europe and the united slates states odthe of the sons E eltoro attore was a baritone antonio basso profunda pro fundo and nicolo nicole basso these were the children by the marriage with signor barilli the patti children were ere amelia who married lR maurice aurice adelina the famous vocalist Car carletta letts now greatly celebrated and carlo carld the violinist |