Portrait of popular prima donna 'Madame Patti'. (aka Baroness Cederström) Adelina Juana Maria Patti 1843-1919 was an Italian 19th-century opera singer,who earned enormous fees during her career as she toured the music capitals of Europe & America. Her talent was widely appreciated & the composer Giuseppe Verdi, writing in 1877, described her as being perhaps the finest singer who had ever lived. A shrewd business woman, Patti demanded demanded to be paid $5000 a night, in gold, before each performance at the height of her career and saw out her final days in luxury in her 'Craig-y-Nos' Castle

• Contributor: Colin Waters / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: 2C9XR2T
• File size: 60.2 MB (795.6 KB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 3959 x 5315 px | 33.5 x 45 cm | 13.2 x 17.7 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 9 July 2008

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