Swedish Nightingale
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Rebecca Ferguson’s Jenny Lind, the legendary Swedish Nightingale, opens her mouth on an opera stage in 1850 and sounds like Frozen’s Elsa.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2018
The smorgasbord of tributes to the Swedish Nightingale included pastries, soups, a potato casserole, an oyster omelet, and an heirloom cantaloupe.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2014
What but "Jenny Lind"—the little swede that Barnum made "The Swedish Nightingale."
From Time Magazine Archive
Swedish Nightingale One evening two years ago, the radio public of Great Britain was asked to dial carefully, listen closely, and it would hear the song of a nightingale.
From Time Magazine Archive
The nineteenth century was fortunate in having produced two such peerless singers as Adelina Patti and Jenny Lind, "the Swedish Nightingale."
From The Days Before Yesterday by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord
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