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Johanna Maria Lind (Madame Goldschmidt) [1] (6 October 1820 – 2 November 1887) was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale".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.
Lind in 1850. 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 steamboat Jenny Lind was a ferry that exploded in San Francisco Bay on April 11, 1853 while on course to San Francisco from Alviso, California, killing many residents of Alviso and San Jose. The boiler exploded as the steamboat passed the Redwood City inlet (about 37°32′N 122°11′W / 37.54°N 122.18°W / 37.54; -122.18 ...
One of the biggest musical stars of the day, Swedish singer Jenny Lind, demands the unheard-of sum of $187,000 from promoter P.T. Barnum to go on a national concert tour. Barnum raises the money, and promotes her so successfully that an estimated thirty thousand people arrived to watch her ship land in New York Harbor , [ 5 ] and the tour is a ...
The so-called "Jenny Lind Hall", detail from a poster of 1850 before the concert hall was finished. [ 5 ] The theatre was originally planned in 1850 for the first engagement of Jenny Lind , an internationally known singer known as the "Swedish Nightingale".
Jenny Lind figurehead, shipwrecked 1850. Jenny Lind Wrecked 21 September 1850 while underway from Melbourne to Singapore under the command of Joseph Taylor struck Kenn Reef, 280 miles east of Mackay. The carvel wooden Barque struck the Reef aft and she lay broadside on with seas pounding over her. 28 passengers and crew landed on a small island ...
They were named Fire Queen and Jenny Lind. [5] In 1850, the company produced a schooner for the Channel Islands and France Steam Navigation Company. The boat was powered by two 20 hp steam engines and was made primarily of malleable iron. [6]
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