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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.
A feature in the cave, called "Jenny Lind's Armchair", was named in her honour. [37] The community of Jenny Lind, California, was named after her, although she did not visit the state during the tour. [38] Cottage-style spindled furniture is still named for her, especially Jenny Lind cribs and beds. [39]
Qikiqtaryuaq, formerly Jenny Lind Island, [2] for the Swedish born opera singer, Jenny Lind, is a small island 420 km 2 (160 sq mi) in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is located in the Queen Maud Gulf , about 120 km (75 mi) southeast of Cambridge Bay .
Jenny Lind, California; Jenny Lind, Glasgow; L. Jenny Lind's tour of America; N. USS Nightingale (1851) Q. Qikiqtaryuaq; S. Jenny Lind's soup This page was last ...
A Lady's Morals is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Sidney Franklin.Its plot is a highly fictionalized account of opera singer Jenny Lind.The film features Grace Moore as Lind, Reginald Denny as a lover and Wallace Beery as P. T. Barnum.
Jenny Lind was the first of a class of ten steam locomotives built in 1847 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) by E. B. Wilson and Company of Leeds, named after Jenny Lind, who was a famous Swedish opera singer of the period. The general design proved to be so successful that the manufacturers adopted it for use on other ...
Jenny Lind locomotive, a locomotive built in 1847 for the London and Brighton Railway 2-2-2, Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives usually called a Jenny Lind; Jenny Lind private railroad car; Steamboat Jenny Lind, a steamboat that exploded in 1853 in San Francisco Bay; Jenny Lind, a ship that wrecked on Kenn Reef in 1850
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