Christina Nilsson

Christina Nilsson (August 20, 1843 – November 20, 1921) was a Swedish operatic soprano.

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August 20 - 1843 - November 20 - 1921 - Swedish - Opera - Soprano

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She was born Kristina Jonasdotter in the village of Sjöabol, near Växjö, Smalandia, to the peasants Jonas Nilsson and Cajsa-Stina Månsdotter. She was discovered by a prominent civil servant when, aged fourteen, she was playing the violin at a market in Ljungby. He soon became her patron, enabling her to have vocal training.

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Sjöabol - Växjö - Smalandia - Ljungby

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In 1860 she gave concerts in Stockholm and Uppsala. After four years' study in Paris, she had her operatic début 1864 as Violetta in Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris. After this success she sang at major opera houses in London, St. Petersburg, Vienna and New York.

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1860 - Stockholm - Uppsala - Paris - 1864 - Giuseppe Verdi - La Traviata - London - St. Petersburg - Vienna - New York

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Nilsson married the French banker Auguste Rouzaud, who died in 1882. In 1887 she married Angel Ramon Maria Vallejo y Miranda, Count de Casa Miranda, who died in 1902. In correspondence, Nilsson often signed her first name as Christine, and during the last part of her life she was generally known as the Countess de Casa Miranda.

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1882 - 1887 - 1902

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She died in Stockholm in 1921.

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There are many similarities between Nilsson and the character of Christine Daaé in Gaston Leroux's novel Phantom of the Opera, and many believe Leroux based the character off of the real-life opera singer.http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1875/chris.htm

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Christine Daaé - Gaston Leroux - Phantom of the Opera

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