Thom's Irish Who's Who/Mullen, Adelaide

MULLEN, Adelaide, soprano, teacher of singing and composer; studied singing at the Alexandra College, Dublin, and with the late J. B. Welch; first appeared as an amateur at a concert of the Dublin University Choral Society, under the late Sir Robert Stewart; took part in a State Concert at the inauguration of the National Exhibition, Dublin, in 1882; adopted singing as a profession, and gave her first concert in Dublin in 1883; has toured in the United States (three times), and sung at concerts in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and at the Crystal Palace and leading London concert halls; has appeared in opera with the Burns-Crotty Opera Company. Under the nom-de-plume of "Wilton King,' has published numerous songs, amongst others "Avourneen," "The Dear Isle of Green," "The Rose will Blow," "Your Dear Heart," and "Summer in my Heart," etc.; dau. of Benjamin Mullen, senior Vicar-Choral of St. Patrick's and Christ Church Cathedrals Dublin; m. Henry Beaumont, the famous Tenor. Res.: 11 Warwick Avenue, Maida Vale, W.