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One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and undertook an extraordinarily popular concert tour of the United States beginning in 1850. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music from 1840.
Jenny Lind (born Oct. 6, 1820, Stockholm—died Nov. 2, 1887, Malvern, Worcestershire, Eng.) was a Swedish-born operatic and oratorio soprano admired for her vocal control and agility and for the purity and naturalness of her art.
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- With a range that extended from the B below middle C to high G, Jenny Lind, “the Swedish Nightingale,” was a skilled oratorio soprano and master of...
- After London “went mad” for Jenny Lind in 1847, American showman P.T. Barnum brought the Swedish singer, whom he had never seen, to the United Stat...
- Jenny Lind is buried in Great Malvern Cemetery, near Worcester in the English Midlands. She is buried with her husband, Otto Goldschmidt, who had b...
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.
- Maddy Shaw Roberts
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 ...
- Bryan Greene
Jenny Lind. 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.
May 23, 2018 · For a time she lived in Munich, Germany, in the home of a prominent intellectual who introduced her to Felix Mendelssohn, one of the greatest composers of the era. Despite Mendelssohn's happy marriage, the two shared a romantic attraction.
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Jan 20, 2020 · Robert McNamara. Updated on January 20, 2020. Jenny Lind was a European opera star who came to America in 1850 for a tour promoted by the great showman Phineas T. Barnum. When her ship arrived in New York Harbor, the city went crazy. A massive crowd of more than 30,000 New Yorkers greeted her.
