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Article: Nightingale in Malvern; Chris Upton on a high note about the Midland connections of 19th century soprano Jenny Lind.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- December 4, 2004
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Byline: Chris Upton Portrait of singer and celebrity Jenny Lind, from an 1850 lithographed music cover
You could say she was Sweden's greatest musical export before Abba. She was a singer whose voice touched the hearts of all who heard her, who rode in triumph through America and sang before the crowned heads of Europe.
Johanna Maria Lind was undoubtedly one of the greatest sopranos of the 19th century.
On her first public appearance at Vienna, at the age of 25, she took as many curtain calls as her years. This was exceptional, even for the ...