Adiny, Ada
(1855–1924)> SOPRANO
Adiny, Ada (1855, Boston; 1924, Dieppe), Soprano, nèe Adele Chapman, studied voice in Paris under Pauline Viardot-Garcia and Giovanni Sbrighi. She sang in Italy, the United States, Germany, and Poland before coming to the Paris Opéra for the first time on May 1887 as Chiméne in Le Cid. Mlle Adiny remained at the Garnier Palace until she left France to fill an engagement at La Scala in Milan during 1893. The first interval of five or six years during which she performed at the Opéra saw her sing…