The New International Encyclopædia/Adams, Charles R.

ADAMS, Charles R. (1848-1900). An American dramatic tenor. He was born at Charlestown, Mass. He studied in Vienna, and sang for three years at the Royal Opera, Berlin, and for nine years at the Imperial Opera, Vienna. Though he was an American, his reputation, especially as a Wagnerian singer, was earned chiefly abroad. In 1879 he look up his residence in Boston, where he was highly esteemed as a teacher.