Emma Abbott (December 9, 1850 – January 5, 1891) was an American operatic soprano and impresario known for her pure, clear voice of great flexibility and volume.

[1] In 1854, Professor Abbott was unable to find a sufficient number of music students to make ends meet and the family suffered from financial problems.

Upon hearing Abbott in a concert in Toledo, Kellogg made it a point to meet her and encourage her to pursue an opera career and gave her a letter of introduction.

She was awarded a contract with the Royal Opera in London and made her début at Covent Garden as Marie in La Fille du régiment in 1876.

[5] That same year she secretly married Eugene Wetherell (d. 1889) and they returned to the United States, where she remained for the rest of her life.

[4] Abbott continued performing up until her sudden death from pneumonia in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1891, aged 40.