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Jenny Lind - Wikipedia. Johanna Maria Lind (Madame Goldschmidt) [1] (6 October 1820 – 2 November 1887) was a Swedish opera singer, often called the " Swedish Nightingale ".
Nov 13, 2020 · Nicknamed the ‘Swedish Nightingale’, Jenny Lind was a soprano whose voice was admired by Chopin, Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann, no less! She may have found 21st-century fame from the film The Greatest Showman, but Lind was a lot more than P.T. Barnum’s singing money-maker.
May 15, 2024 · Jenny Lind was a Swedish-born operatic and oratorio soprano admired for her vocal control and agility and for the purity and naturalness of her art. Lind made her debut in Der Freischütz at Stockholm in 1838 and in 1841 studied with Manuel García in Paris.
The Swedish soprano Jenny Lind, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale", was one of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century. At the height of her fame she was persuaded by the showman P. T. Barnum to undertake a long tour of the United States. The tour began in September 1850 and continued to May 1852.
Dec 22, 2017 · On September 1, 1850, 30,000 onlookers packed the waterfront around Canal Street in New York City, clamoring to catch a glimpse of the Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind as she disembarked from...
Meet Jenny Lind, one of America's first female celebrities. By Regan Shrumm March 16, 2016. Long before Hollywood actresses such as Marilyn Monroe and Katharine Hepburn became iconic stars, popular female opera singers of the early to mid-19th century were among the first American celebrities.
Oct 6, 2020 · Jenny Lind’s 21 months in America began with, at best, indifference to the fate of enslaved African-Americans, and ended in prominent public support for antislavery upon her departure; the ...
May 23, 2018 · One of the most celebrated opera performers of the nineteenth century, Swedish-born Jenny Lind (1820–1887) dazzled European and American audiences with her radiant soprano voice and with an image that emphasized wholesomeness and purity.
Jenny Lind was the first megastar the world has known. She was born October 6 1820 in Stockholm and died 1887 at the age of 67 in her summer home in Little Malvern, Worchester, England, where she also is buried.
Jenny Lind, the 200th anniversary of whose birth falls this month, was one of the most celebrated singers of the nineteenth century. Known later as the ‘Swedish Nightingale’ after the fairy story ‘The Nightingale’ written by Hans Christian Andersen, she made her debut on 7 March 1838 as Agathe in Weber’s Der Freischütz at the Royal ...
