A The Swedish lark B The
Swedish nightingale C The English nightingale D The English lark 14.
They were often issued as pairs - Punch and Dog Toby; Diffidence and Confidence, which were skits on Jenny Lind, the
Swedish Nightingale; Mr and Mrs Caudle and the participants in the Tichborne trial, the lawyer Coleridge and Arthur Orton, claimant to the fortune, who is shown on his butcher's block."
1820: Jenny Lind, soprano known as the
Swedish Nightingale, was born in Stockholm.
And while The Greatest Showman strives to set the record straight on the guy who sewed a monkey skeleton to a fishtail and marketed it as 'The Fiji Mermaid' to rubes, it only seems to scratch the surface (a rumored fling with '
Swedish Nightingale' Jenny Lind, played by Rebecca Ferguson, is whitewashed).
Premiered in London in July, 1847, with no less an admirer than Queen Victoria in the audience and Jenny Lind, the
Swedish Nightingale, on stage, this rather clumsy adaptation of one of Friedrich Schiller's lesser dramas did not long enjoy its initial triumph, revivals continuing to be occasional, at best, to this very day.
It has been part of the musical landscape since the days of Jenny Lind, the
Swedish Nightingale. She lived before the days of audio recordings, so all we can do is imagine how she and her contemporaries managed the transition.
FEAST OF BRUNO OF COLOGNE 1820: Jenny Lind, soprano known as the
Swedish Nightingale, was born in Stockholm.
Her biographer, Gladys Denny Shultz, wrote in her book, Jenny Lind--The
Swedish Nightingale, that Lind publicly stated, "she sang for Jesus, for God." She was sensitive, spiritual, devout, and very generous with her time and her money.
"The
Swedish Nightingale," as I called her, drew huge audiences everywhere she performed.
Jenny Lind, the
Swedish Nightingale, was every bit as sensational and newsworthy as any of today's pop stars, though the singer, who died in Malvern in 1887, was noted for her propriety.
He pointed out that the vast majority of his enterprises were in fact "undoubtedly legitimate." There was, in particular, his exhibition of the truly talented midget Tom Thumb (Barnum did admit to exaggerating the age of the crowd-pleasing performer) and his wildly successful management of the "
Swedish Nightingale," soprano Jenny Lind, whose tours, Barnum suggested with some reason, helped elevate and refine the country's musical tastes.
Swedish Nightingale - Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887)