Ada Baker
Ada Winifred Weekes Baker (18661949), known professionally as Madame Ada Baker, was an Australian soprano, vaudeville star and singing teacher. Born in Strawberry Hills, Sydney, she moved with her family to Wagga Wagga where she taught singing. Upon returning to Sydney she received further training under Albert Fisher. She debuted at the Promenade Concerts in 1886 in Surry Hills. She married Charles Hall, a law clerk, in 1887 and had two children. The couple filed for divorce in 1897, which was not granted, but they had already separated.

As part of the Willard Opera Company Baker toured China and India in the early 1890s. Back in Sydney she joined Harry Rickards' vaudeville circuit. The company toured Western Australia in 1898, where Baker established herself in Perth as a singing teacher and performer. She moved back to Sydney in 1907 as a teacher and joined Sydney's musical society. She also gave concerts and was a fund-raiser for charities, later becoming a life governor of the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children. She continued teaching until a few months before her death at the age of 82.
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