JENNY LIND ECLIPSED.
wotitctseem from the following pastaken t'foiu " a Lady's Letter from lou" tu the " Australasian," that ,y Lind, and the other great vocal vitioM have been at last excelled by an islt lady :—" Meanwhile, in London ty there has arisen a mnsteal ' atar,* a bids fair to eclipse all those which' shone in the artistic firmament.. A if lady, the daughter of a clergyman (i Church of England, has been distil to possess a voice surpassing in r and compass any singer now known iu existence. i y eopte wht> ttfuter* felie science of music will know what oico must be, when they are told that dies easily and sustains perfectly A inui ! Mm Rober!:s is the great in tho musical circles and in fashioniiwk'9 of a certain refined and ettlti_i)M>w/i!, and »he has already had! tinit' otters from the rival (wpwtm, lie lias no intention of turning her iluss talent to professional uses—her tion is to dedicate it entirely to the !<! uf the poor, fcthe has undertaken l!! fur the ,':>eueut of several charities if the season,, and many of the I'st ladies in London have ptaced ilttwiiigH-iioms at the disposal of the 1 young girl for this purpose. Her i« highly cultivated, as well as in I'liomuuonal,. and- she is an object of mriosity and interest in society. »■ wine authority thus writes of the 'iwhing opera season at home •.-—"'"We iwitivuly assured that the new *>per»1 '"i the Thames Embankment will «mnl in May. ... I hear of iiiiilfniticeut otters being made Made'"«'Cietjens in America (£BOO a night ■ ffliuh: season of operas!) that I 'l'lU't ho surprised were she to accept ''mil we to have to pot ttp with a 'l-Kito singer for the inangitration of ■ nv place of harmony. Mademoiselle '»»"utFer.d severely from the climate B tlm first few weeks of her sojourn '"'J'U'a, lint sl\t> is quite W etl now, and Wuwved a magnificent success in 11 "l'unis, though she is anything but «ln»>vted."
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 59, 29 June 1876, Page 3
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329JENNY LIND ECLIPSED. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 59, 29 June 1876, Page 3
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