Jenny Lind wasn't even a teenager when she enrolled at the Royal Opera School in Stockholm. She came from a humble background.
At 18, she made her debut as Agathe in "Der Freischütz" and sang Pamina and Euryanthe later that same year.
She became known as “The Swedish Nightingale.”
And she inspired Hans Christian Andersen's book "The Nightingale."
She appeared in a number of famed operas until her voice began to show signs of fatigue, especially in the middle register, according to Grove Music Online.
After Lind underwent a period of rest, as required by voice teacher Manuel Garcia, she went to Paris to consult with him and the improvement in her voice was apparent right away.
Lind toured America in 1850 after she was brought here by showman P.T. Barnum. The tour was a great success and made her a lot of money, which went on to benefit charities and schools in Sweden.
In the 1850s, she and her family settled in London and she later became the first singing professor at the Royal College of Music.
Her career was primarily based on four operas: "La sonnambula," "Robert le diable," "The Daughter of the Regiment" and Norma.
