Swedish Nightingale
Americannoun
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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
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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
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It has been well said by those who make the most intelligent reference to those models and that school, that the style of the Swedish Nightingale is sui generis, as marked as her own personality.
From The Life of Phineas T. Barnum by Benton, Joel
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