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While she was the darling of Europe, in 1849 almost no one in the United States knew who Lind was. By September 1850, however, she was one of the most famous and celebrated women in America, thanks to entrepreneur and showman P. T. Barnum.
Oct 6, 2020 · You can visit towns named Jenny Lind in Arkansas, California and North Carolina. Most well-known today are Jenny Lind beds and cribs , modeled on the turned-spindle bed-frame that Lind...
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. The tour began in September 1850 and continued to May 1852.
Jun 27, 2017 · She opened her American tour with a series of concerts, the first of them for charity, at New York City’s Castle Garden in September 1850. From the outset, standing-room-only was the rule. Some enthusiasts paid hundreds of dollars for a ticket. Reviewers and fans alike agreed she deserved her fee.
May 23, 2018 · views updated May 23 2018. Jenny Lind. One of the most celebrated opera performers of the nineteenth century, Swedish-born Jenny Lind (1820–1887) dazzled European and American audiences with her radiant soprano voice and with an image that emphasized wholesomeness and purity.
In the US, Lind is commemorated by street names in Amelia, Ohio; Fort Smith, Arkansas; New Bedford, Massachusetts; Taunton, Massachusetts; McKeesport, Pennsylvania; North Easton, Massachusetts; North Highlands, California and Stanhope, New Jersey; and in the name of Jenny Lind, Arkansas.
Even a clipper ship, the USS Nightingale, and the Gold Rush town of Jenny Lind, California have been named in her honor. This lithograph was produced by Nagel & Weingaertner and C. G. Crehen. Louis Nagel was born in Germany ca. 1817 and began working in New York as early as 1844.
