Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani
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Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani was an Italian soprano particularly associated with bel canto composers, such as Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, and early Verdi. Her 'golden' period in Paris and London was be
Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani as Amina in Bellini's opera La Sonnambula. Portrait by Karl Bryullov, 1834.
Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani as Lucia in the London premiere of Lucia di Lammermoor
As Rosina in The Barber of Seville, 1840
Jenny Lind
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Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in
Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani
…times in succession, each time with a different cadenza. She was one of the first sopranos of the "nightingale" category, a harbinger of others such as Jenny Lind, Adelina Patti, Nellie Melba, Amelita Galli-Curci, etc. She could hit a high F (F6) effortlessly. Notes…
1862 portrait
Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, where Lind sang some early roles
Lind as Amina in La sonnambula
Daguerreotype of Lind, 1850