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Q: How did Jenny Lind impact the world?

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 bel canto singing who was admired for her vocal control and agility and for the purity and naturalness of her art.

Q: How did Jenny Lind become famous?

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 States in 1850, where she was almost unknown. Benefiting from the massive publicity campaign orchestrated by Barnum, Lind’s nine-month concert tour was immensely successful.

Q: Where is Jenny Lind buried?

Jenny Lind is buried in Great Malvern Cemetery, near Worcester in the English Midlands . She is buried with her husband, Otto Goldschmidt, who had been her accompanist. The couple had lived first in Dresden , Germany, before moving to England in 1856. Lind died in 1887.

Swedish singer

Also known as: Johanna Maria Lind

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Original name:: Johanna Maria Lind

Born:: Oct. 6, 1820, Stockholm

Died:: Nov. 2, 1887, Malvern, Worcestershire, Eng. (aged 67)

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How did Jenny Lind impact the world?

How did Jenny Lind become famous?

Where is Jenny Lind buried?

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. Lind made her debut in Der Freischütz at Stockholm in 1838 and in 1841 studied with Manuel García in Paris. Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote the part of Vielka for her in Ein Feldlager in Schlesien (Berlin, 1844), and in 1847 she sang in London the role of Amelia in I Masnadieri, written for her by Giuseppe Verdi. She first appeared in London in Meyerbeer’s Robert ...(100 of 253 words)

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