This is absolutely guaranteed to be an original engraving from the 19th Century,
NOT any type of reproduction!
Adelina Patti (10 February 1843 – 27 September 1919) was an Italian-French 19th-century opera singer, earning huge fees at the height of her career 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. Along
with her near contemporaries Jenny Lind and Therese Tietjens, 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.
In her prime, Patti demanded to be paid $5000 a night, in gold, before
the performance. Her contracts stipulated that her name be top-billed
and printed larger than any other name in the cast.
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