Charles R. Adams (February 9, 1834-July 4, 1900) was a noted opera singer and instructor. He was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1834, the son of Charles Adams and Eliza Ann Runey Adams. February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... Birdseye view of Boston, Charlestown, and Bunker Hill between 1890 and 1910. ...

He studied music in Boston under Edwin Bruce, Mme. Arnault, and R. Mulder. In 1856, he sang tenor in The Creation with the Handel and Haydn Society, and went on to tour the United States and West Indies from 1856 through 1861. He sang the tenor in La Somnambula at the Vienna State Opera, and went on to tour Russia and Holland. He stayed with the Royal Opera in Berlin for 3 years, before becoming the principal tenor of the Vienna Hofoper from 1867 through 1876. He also sang two seasons at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, one season at the Royal Palace of Madrid, and one season at La Scala. He toured America with the Carl Strakosch company in 1877 and 1878. He performed in German opera with Mme. Poppenheim and in Italian opera with Clara Louise Kellogg, Maria Litta, and Annie Louise Cary. He also sang in the first American performance of Rienzi. His greatest roles were Manrico in Il trovatore, the title role in Lohengrin, Cola di Rienzo in Rienzi, and the title role in Tannhauser. In his later life, from 1879 on, he served as a teacher in Boston, and his students included the likes of Grace Hiltz, Nellie Melba, and Emma Eames. He died in West Harwich, on Cape Cod, in 1900. The Creation (German: Die Schöpfung) is an oratorio written between 1796 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn, and considered by many to be his masterpiece. ... The Handel and Haydn Society is a choral society in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... Vienna State Opera (German: Wiener Staatsoper), located in Vienna, Austria, is one of the most important opera companies in Europe. ... Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands with a population of 16,491,461 million people. ... Location of Berlin within Germany / EU Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE3 City subdivisions 12 boroughs Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit (SPD) Governing parties SPD / Left. ... Vienna (German: , see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... The Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House is a performing arts venue in London. ... Covent Garden is a district in central London and within the easterly bounds of the City of Westminster. ... East Palacio Real de Madrid North Palacio Real redirects here. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, by night. ... Clara Louise Kellogg (July 9, 1842 – May 13, 1916) was an American singer. ... Annie Louise Cary (born October 22, 1842 in Wayne, Maine; died April 3, 1921) was an American singer. ... Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes) is an early opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written by the composer after Bulwer-Lyttons novel of the same name. ... Il trovatore (The Troubadour) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare and Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play El Trobador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. ... Lohengrin is a romantic opera (or music drama) in three acts by Richard Wagner. ... Cola di Rienzi (c. ... In the Venusberg by John Collier, 1901: a gilded setting that is distinctly Italian quattrocento for soft-core High Culture. ... Dame Nellie Melba, GBE (19 May 1861 – 23 February 1931), born Helen Porter Mitchell, was an Australian opera soprano, the first Australian to achieve international recognition in the form. ... Emma Eames (August 13, 1865 - June 13, 1952) was a successful opera singer whose career lasted four decades. ... Cape Cod (or simply the Cape) is an arm-shaped peninsula nearly coextensive with Barnstable County, Massachusetts and forming the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States. ...

References

• Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963.