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
The lovely Swedish Nightingale was the first European artist to brave "the American Jungle."
From Time Magazine Archive
This unimportant little picture has its principal appeal in the fact that it is supposed to be based on the life of Jenny Lind, "Swedish Nightingale" of the Victorian Opera stage.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was not that the "Swedish Nightingale" was supremely great in any chief quality of the lyric artist.
From Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
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