 She has been known under a variety of names.The 1979 edition of the "Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera" lists her as born Adriana Gabrieli and later known La Ferrarese (presumably from the city of her birth).However, "Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians" notes that her identification with a Francesca Gabrielli, ""detta la Ferrarese"" ("called la Ferrarese"), whom Charles Burney heard in Venice in 1770 is not based on solid evidence.