Swedish Nightingale
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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
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
What but "Jenny Lind"—the little swede that Barnum made "The Swedish Nightingale."
From Time Magazine Archive
During my own lessons with him he would often speak of the Swedish Nightingale, and hold her up as an example in the most embarrassing way.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling
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