Adelaide Phillipps ( October in Stratford-on-Avon, England â€"
October in Carlsbad, Germany) was an opera singer.She came to the
United States with her family at the age of seven. Her parents placed
her on the stage at an early age, and she made her first appearance in
January, , at the Tremont Theatre, Boston. The following year she
obtained an engagement at the Boston Museum, where she remained about
eight years. When Jenny Lind appeared in Boston in , Adelaide sang for
her, and was advised to go to Europe.It was largely owing to the
Swedish singer's generosity and aid that Phillipps's father was
enabled to take her abroad. They arrived in London in March , and
Adelaide became the pupil of Manuel GarcÃa. In she went with her
father, who was a well known falconer at the time, to Italy to
continue her studies, and made her début the same year at Brescia, as
Arsace in Semiramide. She sang also in Milan and other cities. Her
stage name in Europe was Signorina Fillippi.In , she returned to the
United States. She made an engagement to appear in Italian opera in
Philadelphia and New York City under Max Maretzek, and later went with
him to Havana, Cuba. In she made her first appearance in oratorio
with the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston, in the Messiah. The
following year she went abroad again, and appeared in Paris as Azucena
in Il Trovatore. After a professional tour in Europe she returned to
this country (what country?). In she went again to Havana, and from
that time until her death she appeared in opera, oratorio, and
concerts in most of the states of the Union. The Adelaide Phillipps
Opera Company was organized in , and in she joined the Ideal Opera
Company, remaining with the latter until , when she made her last
appearance on the stage in Cincinnati, Ohio.
October in Carlsbad, Germany) was an opera singer.She came to the
United States with her family at the age of seven. Her parents placed
her on the stage at an early age, and she made her first appearance in
January, , at the Tremont Theatre, Boston. The following year she
obtained an engagement at the Boston Museum, where she remained about
eight years. When Jenny Lind appeared in Boston in , Adelaide sang for
her, and was advised to go to Europe.It was largely owing to the
Swedish singer's generosity and aid that Phillipps's father was
enabled to take her abroad. They arrived in London in March , and
Adelaide became the pupil of Manuel GarcÃa. In she went with her
father, who was a well known falconer at the time, to Italy to
continue her studies, and made her début the same year at Brescia, as
Arsace in Semiramide. She sang also in Milan and other cities. Her
stage name in Europe was Signorina Fillippi.In , she returned to the
United States. She made an engagement to appear in Italian opera in
Philadelphia and New York City under Max Maretzek, and later went with
him to Havana, Cuba. In she made her first appearance in oratorio
with the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston, in the Messiah. The
following year she went abroad again, and appeared in Paris as Azucena
in Il Trovatore. After a professional tour in Europe she returned to
this country (what country?). In she went again to Havana, and from
that time until her death she appeared in opera, oratorio, and
concerts in most of the states of the Union. The Adelaide Phillipps
Opera Company was organized in , and in she joined the Ideal Opera
Company, remaining with the latter until , when she made her last
appearance on the stage in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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