Adele Parkhurst
American singer
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Adele Parkhurst (June 5, 1885 – October 22, 1965), born Adele Bedelia Maloney, was an American concert singer.
June 5, 1885
Adele Parkhurst | |
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 Adele Parkhurst, from a 1922 publication. | |
| Born | Adele Bedelia Maloney June 5, 1885 Hopkins, Minnesota |
| Died | October 22, 1965 (aged 80) Dunedin, Florida |
| Other names | Adele Maloney Orr (at time of death) |
| Occupation | Singer |
Early life
Adele Bedelia Maloney was from Hopkins, Minnesota, the daughter of Michael F. Maloney and Albertina Erickson Maloney.[1][2][3] Her father was born in Ireland and was a Union Army veteran of the American Civil War;[4] her mother was born in Chicago.[5] Adele Parkhurst sang at the Minnesota pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904,[6] and trained as a singer with Wilfried Klamroth.[7][8][9]
Career
Parkhurst was a "birdlike and graceful" coloratura soprano,[10][11] who gave concerts at New York's Aeolian Hall in 1920,[12][13] and the Town Hall venue in 1921.[14][15] She was soprano soloist at the Church of the Divine Paternity in New York City.[16] A 1922 report described her as "one of the best singers of oratorio form of music now before the public."[17] She sang in radio concerts, operettas, and operas later in the 1920s.[18][19][20] She sang as a soloist with symphonies in New York, Chicago, and Minneapolis.[21]
Personal life
Adele Maloney was married Clifford Eugene Parkhurst, a naval designer and consultant, until his death in 1959.[22] She later married Paul E. Orr. She died in 1965, aged 80 years, in Dunedin, Florida.[21]
