CHRISTINE See also:

• CHRISTINE NILSSON (1843– )

NILSSON (1843– )  , See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Wedersloff, near Wexio, See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1843 . Her See also:

• FATHER

father was a poor working See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, and she used as a girl to sing and perform on the See also:

• VIOLIN

violin at popular gatherings . In 1857 a wealthy man, M . Tornerhjelm, perceiving the unusual beauty of her See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice while she was performing at a See also:

• FAIR

fair in Ljungby, provided the means for giving her a proper musical See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and in 186o she was heard in the See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert halls in See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm and See also:

• UPSALA, or UPPSALA

Upsala, and then went to Pails, where, after four years' study, she made her debut in the role of Violetta at the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre Lyrique on the 27th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1864 . Between that date and 1872, when she married M . Auguste Rouzaud, she was the leading prima donna . Her first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in See also:

• LONDON

London was in 1867 . A See also:

• YEAR

year later, on the 9th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March, she made her first appearance in the See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

Opera See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House as Ophelie in See also:

• HAMLET

Hamlet; and she visited the See also:

• UNITED

United States in 1870 . She sang in St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg in 1872; in See also:

• AMERICA

America in 1873–1874 and in 1882; in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria between 1876 and 1877; and in the next few years in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and Scandinavia; but after her See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage her appearances in public were rare . M . Rouzaud died in 1882, and five years afterwards Madame See also:

• NILSSON, CHRISTINE (1843– )

Nilsson married See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count A. de Casa See also:

• MIRANDA, FRANCESCO (c. 1754-1816)

Miranda, and finally retired from the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage .