Christina Nilsson

Christine Nilsson de Casa Miranda ( born August 20, 1843 in Vederslöv, Småland, † November 21, 1921 in Växjö ), born as Kristina Jonasdotter, was an internationally known Swedish opera singer (soprano ).

Christine Nilsson was in the yard Sjöabol (also called " Snugge "), and south of Växjö as a child of poor parents ( Jonas Nilsson and Cajsa - Stina Månsdotter ) born. Soon the family moved from Snugge after Lövhult, a few miles south, after the father became insolvent. There they had to contribute to the care of the family, including as a guard at the stone " Lövhulta fale ". Through their singing they saved money for a violin. During the following years she appeared on markets and sang and played, among others, along with " Blind Janne " from Gränna. At that time she was " bake Stina på " in general ( " Stina on the hill " ) called. Your sängerisches talent was 1857 on the market in Ljungby discovered by a patron who financed her studies in Gothenburg. After training, she traveled to Paris in 1864 and made his debut in Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata. In the following years she appeared on various stages in Europe, America and Russia, reaching the reputation as one of the greatest singers of her time.

After a successful concert in Stockholm, on 23 September 1885 Christine has been hailed by some 50,000 people. When she sang from a balcony of the Grand Hotel, broke out a panic, when 20 people were killed.

Christine Nilsson was married twice: in 1872, the French banker August Rouzeaud (died 1882) and in 1887, with the Spaniard Don Angel Ramoin Maria Vallejo y Miranda, Count de Casa de Miranda. She wore so the title of Countess de Casa Miranda. She lived from 1906 until her death in 1921 in Sandsbro in Växjö and was buried in the Tegnérfriedhof in Växjö.

Comments

  • While she performed under the stage name " Christine Nilsson " in German-speaking, it varied by their first names in Sweden on "Kristina" and in the English language on "Christina".
  • The train Y32 1406, which runs in Småland and Halland, named Kristina Nilsson.
  • At the Royal College of Music Opera School in Stockholm there is named after her, Kristina Nilsson scholarship.
  • Christine Nilsson has striking parallels to Christine Daaé from Phantom of the Opera. Rumor has it served Gaston Leroux as a template for his novel
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