Adelina Patti - Citations and Homages

Citations and Homages

Adelina Patti is evoked in numerous works of literature and music among which are:

  • La Vie parisienne by Jacques Offenbach, book by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, (1866):
"Je veux, moi, dans la capitale
Voir les divas qui font fureur
Voir la Patti dans Don Pasquale
Et Thérésa dans le Sapeur"
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • Nana by Émile Zola
  • Boroña by Leopoldo Alas
  • The Village in the Treetops by Jules Verne

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