Emma Abbott
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Emma Abbott （December 9, 1850 – January 5, 1891） was an American operatic soprano and impresario known for her pure, clear voice of great flexibility and volume.
Emma Abbott was born in 1850 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of the struggling Chicago musician Seth Abbott and his wife, Almira （née Palmer）.
As a child, she and her brother George studied singing, piano, guitar and violin with their father.
The family moved to Peoria, Illinois, Emma was eight years of age when, she made her first appearance on the stage, singing at a concert given in her father's office in Peoria.
In 1854, Professor Abbott was unable to find a sufficient number of music students to make ends meet and the family suffered from financial problems.
To help out, she and George began performing professionally when Emma was nine years old.
She made her debut as a guitar player and singer in Peoria, Illinois in 1859, with George on the violin, and was teaching guitar by age thirteen.
Emma Abbott In 1866, she joined an itinerant concert troupe and toured the country.
While performing on the road she met and was befriended by Clara Louise Kellogg.
Upon hearing Abbott in a concert in Toledo, Kellogg made it a point to meet her and encourage her to pursue an opera career and gave her a letter of introduction.
Consequently, Abbott studied in New York City under Achille Errani, and made her concert début there in December 1871.
In 1872, Abbott went abroad to study with Antonio Sangiovanni in Milan.
This was followed by further studies with Mathilde Marchesi, Pierre François Wartel and Enrico Delle Sedie in Paris.
She appeared in several productions in...