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Born in Klara in central Stockholm, Sweden, Lind was the illegitimate daughter of Niclas Jonas Lind (1798–1858), a bookkeeper, and Anne-Marie Fellborg (1793–1856), a schoolteacher. [2] Lind's mother had divorced her first husband for adultery but refused to remarry until after his death in 1834.
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.
Dec 28, 2017 · Hugh Jackman stars as circus founder P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman, but the real talent of Barnum's lifetime was the Swedish opera singer, Jenny Lind.
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.
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.
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 ...
One of those early American stars was Jenny Lind, nicknamed the "Swedish Nightingale." 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.
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...
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 ...
