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Jenny Lind and Her Uplifting American Concert Tour
The article recounts Jenny Lind’s rise from teen opera in Sweden to international fame. It notes her collaborations with Phineas Barnum, a 1850s U.S. tour with $1000 per night, charitable giving from tour proceeds, and her second marriage to Otto Goldschmidt before her death at 67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramon Coffman
Jenny Lind
Stockholm
Sweden
Alice
Jenny
Germany
Great Britain
Austria
Phineas T. Barnum
United States
Barnum
Otto Goldschmidt
England