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Christine Nilsson
to London and made her first appearance at Her Majesty’s Theatre, as V io-
letta, on June 8, 1867, making a great hit, subsequently singing Lady Henri-
etta and Elvira, but making her greatest success as Marguerite in “ Faust.”
The same season she sang at the Crystal Palace, and at the Birmingham fes-
tival in oratorio, for which she was instructed by Mr. Turle, the organist of
Westminster Abbey. On October 23, she took farewell of the Theatie Lyr-
ique by creating the principal part in “Les Bluets of Jules Cohen. She was
then engaged by the Academie de Musique for the pait of Ophelia in
Ambroise Thomas’ “Hamlet,” in which she appeared on its first production,
March 9, 186S, with very great success.
In 1868 Christine Nilsson reappeared in Italian opera at Drury Lane
Theatre, London, with the same eclat as before, and added to hei lepoitoiie
the roles of Lucia and Cherubino. In the autumn she sang in Baden-Baden,
appearing for the first time as Mignon, and in the winter returned to the
Academie in Paris. In 1869 she sang Ophelia in the production of Hamlet
in Covent Garden, and at Exeter Hall in “The Messiah,” “Creation,” “Hymn
of Praise,” etc., and returned to Paris for the winter.
From the autumn of 1870 to the spring of 1872, Christine Nilsson toured
in the United States, singing in opera and concert under the management of
M. Strakosch. She returned to Drury Lane in London, in the summer of
1872, and on July 27 was married to M. Auguste Rozaud in Westminstei
Abbey. From 1872 to 1877 Madame Nilsson sang every season in Italian
opera at Drury Lane and Her Majesty s, creating Edith in Balfe s Talismano,
and Elsa in the production of “ Lohengrin” at Drury Lane in 1875. During
the winter and spring of these years she sang at the opera of St. Peteisbuig,
Moscow and Vienna. In 1873-74 she paid a second visit to Ameiica, being
everywhere received with unbounded enthusiasm. She made her third visit
to America in 1884. Her first husband having died in 1882, she married
Count Casa di Miranda, a Spanish nobleman, in 1887- Since her letirement
from professional singing she has made Paris her home, and from there
makes annual visits to her native land of Sweden where she has bought
farms and presented to the members of her numerous family, making them all
happy and prosperous.
The introduction of the above sketches of the two great singers may not
be exactly germane to the subject of this brochure, but so many of our
younger generation have heard the names of these famous singers without
knowing the particulars of their history (I have heard young people contend
that fenny Lind was born in England and was an English woman), that I
think it will be a pleasure to a great many to learn who Jenny Lind and
Christine Nilsson were, what they did, and where they came from.
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