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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.
Her 1850–1852 tour of America is a plot point in the 1980 musical Barnum and the 2017 film The Greatest Showman, both of which include a fictionalized relationship between Lind and Barnum with "romantic undertones".
Jenny Lind was a Swedish professional opera singer recruited by P. T. Barnum to help him make money for his circus. Lind is portrayed by Rebecca Ferguson. Often seen moving quite elegantly, Lind is an established upper class citizen who is uses correct language and grammar while in conversation...
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 the...
Oct 4, 2020 · In The Greatest Showman, Hugh Jackman's PT Barnum and Rebecca Ferguson's Jenny Lind are mired in scandal, but did the circus founder really cheat?
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.
Dec 20, 2017 · Jenny Lind, portrayed by Rebecca Ferguson Image Credit: Getty Images (Right) Jenny Lind, otherwise known as "The Swedish Nightingale," was one of the most highly regarded opera singers of the...
Jun 14, 2019 · Using primary sources to explore the history of P.T. Barnum and Jenny Lind, the 'Swedish Nightingale' depicted in box office hit The Greatest Showman.
Aug 7, 2020 · Jenny Lind, the Swedish singer depicted in the 2017 film "The Greatest Showman," amassed more than $10 million in less than a year while touring America. One hundred and seventy years ago, on September 1, 1850, a 29-year-old Swedish woman arrived in America for her first visit.
Dec 30, 2017 · In The Greatest Showman, Barnum (played by Hugh Jackman) enlists a number of people as he begins his career in the circus business, including Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind (Rebecca Ferguson),...
