Christina Nilsson
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Christina Nilsson, Countess de Casa Miranda, also called Christine Nilsson was a Swedish operatic dramatic coloratura soprano. Possessed of a pure and brilliant voice, first three then two and a half
Nilsson in 1870
Pandora by Alexandre Cabanel, 1873. Nilsson was the model for this painting.
M'lle Nilsson, ca. 1875; from the Philip Hale Collection of the Boston Public Library
Mdlle. Nilsson, (c) 1870. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public Library.
Adelina Patti
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Adela Juana Maria Patti, commonly known as Adelina Patti, was a Spanish-Italian opera singer. At the height of her career, she was earning huge fees performing in the music capitals of Europe and Amer
Christina Nilsson
…a twenty-year career as a top-rank international singer before her 1888 retirement. A contemporary of one of the Victorian era's most famous divas, Adelina Patti, the two were often compared by reviewers and audiences, and were sometimes believed to be rivals. Nilsson became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy…
Adelina Patti
Portrait of Adelina Patti, 1860s
Adelina Patti (National Portrait Gallery)
Portrait by Franz Winterhalter (1862)