Jenny Lind by Hansen (1)

Jenny Lind (1820-1887); Swedish soprano. She made her debut in 1838 at the Stockholm Opera in "Der Freischütz". In the years to follow she sang at Paris, but with little succes because of voice-problems. After a studie of two years with the famous voice-teacher Manuel Garcia jr. she recovered her voice and from then on she had a triumphal career. In 1847 she was engaged in London at Her Majesty's Theatre where she debuted as Alice in Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable". Also in 1847 she created here the role of Amalia in the world première of Verdi’s “I Masnadieri” (with Luigi Lablache as Massimiliano and Italo Gardoni as Carlo). The premiere was attended by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. In 1849 (at the age of 29) she retired from the opera-stage . From then on she only performed as a concertsinger. During the years 1850-1852 she made a concert-tour through the United States and gave 93 concerts under the management of P.T. Barnum. She retired from singing in 1883.