Ester Adaberto

Ester Nunez de Arce was born in Naples, and raised in Milan. Her father was Spanish, possibly a music professional,[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12242114/ester_adaberto_description/ "Mme. Ester Adaberto, Dramatic Soprano"] Springfield Missouri Republican (November 15, 1914): 15. via Newspapers.com {{open access}} and her mother was Neapolitan.[http://www.lavoceantica.it/Soprano/Adaberto%20Ester.htm "Ester Adaberto"] La Voce Antica.

Ester Adaberto, a soprano,[https://books.google.com/books?id=GmE5AQAAMAAJ&dq=Ester+Adaberto&pg=PA271 "Music"] The Nation (September 17, 1908): 271. debuted on the opera stage in 1897, in Pagliacci at the Teatro Nuovo in Mirandola. She was a member of the Castellano Opera Company and toured Eastern Europe with them. At Vilna she was shot in the arm by a jealous Russian suitor.

In about 1905, she moved to the United States, and toured from coast to coast.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12241294/ester_adaberto_beautiful_and/ "Mme. Ester Adaberto, Prima Donna Soprano"] The Lincoln Star (December 9, 1914): 2. via Newspapers.com {{open access}} She and Nicola Zerola starred in Aida (1909) with the Italian Grand Opera Company,[https://www.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/96949280/2D710F5976A44447PQ/1 "Aida Will Open the Academy Season"] New York Times (August 25, 1909): 9. and she sang in Il trovatore (1909)[http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=43530&limit=50&xBranch=ALL&xsdate=&xedate=&theterm=Adaberto,%20Ester%20%5BSoprano%5D&x=0&xhomepath=&xhome= and she sangIl Trovatore] Metropolitan Opera House (March 10, 1909). at the Metropolitan Opera in New York,[https://books.google.com/books?id=_URJAQAAMAAJ&dq=Ester+Adaberto&pg=PA322 "The Theatre"] The Independent (January 22, 1910): 10. and in Tosca (1913) in San Francisco.[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19130131.2.60 "Ester Adaberto Impresses Crowd"] San Francisco Call (January 31, 1913): 4. via California Digital Newspaper Collection {{open access}} In 1913 she traveled to Honolulu with the Lombardi Opera Company.Ferdinand J. H. Schnack, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Aok-O2NMdX4C&dq=Ester+Adaberto&pg=PA128 The Aloha Guide] (1915): 127-128.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12241151/ester_adaberto_in_andrea_chenier_1913/ "Andrea Chenier is Musical; Adaberto and Agostini Sing Together for the First Time"] Honolulu Star-Advertiser (March 19, 1913): 5. via Newspapers.com {{open access}} In 1914-1915 she was a leading dramatic soprano with the San Carlo Opera Company.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12242213/ester_adaberto_rescues_opera_1914/ "Ester Adaberto Rescues Opera As Failure Threatens"] St. Louis Post-Dispatch (November 14, 1914): 5. via Newspapers.com {{open access}}[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12241237/san_carlo_opera_company_1915/ "New York to Open with Grand Opera"] Minneapolis Star Tribune (December 20, 1914): 44. via Newspapers.com {{open access}} In March 1915, Adaberto was called away for a family emergency in Italy, and Alice Eversman took over her role in Aida.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12242664/alice_eversman_takes_over_for_ester/ "Alice Eversman in Opera 'Aida'"] The Morning News (March 17, 1915): 13. via Newspapers.com {{open access}} Adaberto made four recordings.

Adaberto's repertoire was said to consist of thirty operas. She was described as "beautiful and charming", with "a flexible voice of wide range...although at times a metallic quality detracted from the effect."[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12241350/ester_adabertos_voice_1913/ "Music Lovers Enjoy Opera"] The News (November 1, 1913): 5. via Newspapers.com {{open access}}

She retired from performing in 1917, in grief after the death of her son in World War I. Adaberto died in 1951, aged 79 years, in Milan.

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