Connecticut western news., 1889-07-03
CARLOTTA PATTI DEAD
ONE, OF THE GREAT SINGERS
 OF THE AGE PASSES AWAY.
Not Less Than Adelfna.

Carlotta Patti, the we'll known singer. and sister of Adelna Patti, died in Paris.
 Seldom in the worlds history has one secu a family 30 musically gifted as that which gave us those two marvcls of song, Car'ot'a and Adclna Patti.
 CarIotta shone hardly inferior to her gifted sister By birth she was an Italian. 1t was in Florence, in 1S4O, while her mother was fulfilling engagement ut the Pergoia, that Carlotta was born. Her father, Salvatore Patti, a singer of distinction.
 Mmc Patti, her mother, had been offered an engagement to sing at the Italian opera Of New York, which she had accepted, qua when Carlotta was devoting herself to the piano she had the opportunity ot receiving instructions and counsel from the celebrated pianist and composer Henri Herz Ill the midst of her studies sue was called upon 10 perform mournful task One of her sisters had married Signor Scola, muslcai proles- sor of high reputation then, but sIiil n'gher since as the instructor of Adelina and Cariot- ta Patti. Soon after her marriage symptoms of consumption appeared, and sue was or dered as last resource to try the chmaIe or South America. Carlotta accompanieu her sister and saw the mourntul trageay 0u1. On her return she found her sister Adelina under the tuition of Signor Scola. The elder sister became a fellow pupil under Adellnes master. In year she was pronounced an accomplished vocalist and obtained an en- EHHemCuC to appear us IL COuSCl. Now York This was in the year 1861. The we'll known American impressArlo, MT: oh- mann being present at her debut, hao no difficulty in forming Judgment as to ner present merits and future prospects, anu ne engaged her at once for the grand concerts at the New York Academy of Music. Here her success was fully confirmed, nl'd sne cotu menccd a tour through tue principal cit'es oL the North American States, ln each oa "h.sn ..A the musical public unhesitating'y ratihed the verdict of the metropolis.
 During the Civil War, which worked havoc with the American theatres for Il tune, Cor- lotta Patti made her debut on tile operatlc stage. The managers of the Opera House were at the end of their wits to discover an attraction strong enough to fix tue attention of this war-bcwildered reople, nnd Iuekiy bethought them of persuading Car'ottn Pnttl to make her debut on the stege, a step when she had always the greatest reluctance to take, owing to slight defect i'll her gait; tne result of an accident in her childhood. lhls appeal came to her in 60 strong form-as one which, if successful, offered the only prob. able resource to save them from the most complete financial discomtture-thnt Mile. Patti courageously overcane her otJcct,ons. The brilliancy ofsthe debutante's vocallsm, her handsome and expressive counte"ahce and her natural grace of manner, added to her decided power of dramatic expression, won her q warm reception. During th.s en- gagement, which answered all the expecLa' tiOnS based upon 1t, ana ent1rely Testo'eu 1ne Opera House to prosperity, Mile Patti played many of her sister Adelina's parts: After her appearance on the lyric stage, Cariottn nga'n visited the principal cities of the Northern 1 States, and drew large audiences both as al operatic performer and concert singer. | Mlle Corlotta Patti's first appenrnrcc be- | fore Covent Garden Theatre mathematician | under Mr. Gye's management-took place on the night of Thursday, April l6, 1853. | The extraordinary rnnge of Mile. iattl 8 voice (she took c sharpin alt without lesitn- | tion) made a sensation. From that lime | forward her career was assured.
 Carlotta Patti made immense sums by her concert tours, and was welcome guest at more than one European Court. Queen VIC, toria declared "that never in her file had any singer so charmed and pleased her,
 and her triumphs on the Continent were phenomenal in Paris and Berlin she had repeated ovations. She owed her success to her remarkable voice, to her assurance, the audacity of her vocalization and to her mar- vicious staccati. The charm of her person, her naturally poetic grace and the correct. ness of her enunciation, based on the best dramatic rules, also helped her.
 In 1879, under the management of MT
 Chzzola, she began n tour round the world, and reappeared in New York at Chickering Hall. Three weeks before she had been mar ried to Ernst de Munck, the well-known vio- loncellist Oflate years she had spent much Of her time in Paris, whore she died.