Later AK
studied singing in Paris and at Lake Como in Italy, at a half hour's remove from Milan. One of her teachers was the famous Italian singer Giudetta Pasta
(who was both...
Leisure and Society
Augusta Ada Byron
Her marriage and her title brought AAB
a whirl of social engagements: balls, concerts (including Bellini
's Norma), and meeting Queen Victoria
. The domestic and social duties of managing three houses as a...
Occupation
Adelaide Kemble
AK
made her final operatic appearance, once again taking the role that had made her famous, as the tragic heroine of Bellini
's Norma.
Brockway, Wallace, and Herbert Weinstock. The World of Opera. Methuen, 1963.
555
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Occupation
Adelaide Kemble
AK
, still in her mid-twenties, made her operatic debut in the tragic-heroic title role of Bellini
's Norma at the Fenice Theatre in Venice.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2026, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Marshall, Dorothy. Fanny Kemble. Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1977.
168
Occupation
Adelaide Kemble
AK
made her English operatic debut at Covent Garden Theatre
, London, again singing the title role in Bellini
's Norma.
Brockway, Wallace, and Herbert Weinstock. The World of Opera. Methuen, 1963.