Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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1850/08/19 | Opera singer Jenny Lind, conductor Julius Benedict, baritone singer Signor Belletti and company leave Liverpool on the American paddle steamer "Atlantic". | |
1850/09/01 | Jenny Lind's troop arrives in New York, near Canal St where a crowd of 30,000 to 40,000 waited. They are whisked away by carriage to Irvine House hotel at Broadway and Chamber St. | |
1850/09/01 | Twenty companies of New York Fireman bearing torches escort 200 musicians to Irvine House to serenade Ms Lind in front of 20,000 spectators | |
1850/09/09 | Genin, the hatter, purchases at auction for $225 the first ticket sold in America for Lind's tour. A total of 1,429 tickets were sold for an average price of $6.38 on the first day. | |
1850/09/11 | P T Barnum debuts singer Jenny Lind with a selection of classical music at Castle Garden | Castle Clinton National Monument, New York City |
1850/09/13 | Jenny Lind performs her second concert at Castle Garden. | |
1850/10/09 | Marcus Aurelius Root, the daguerreotypist, purchases at auction the first ticket for the Lind's Chestnut Street Theater performance for $625 | |
1850/10/10 | Jenny Lind performs at the Chestnut Street Theater (at 6th St, Philadelphia, demolished) 'singularly ill constructed for the voice' | |
1850/10/13 | Jenny Lind attends services and sings "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" from the organ loft of Gloria Dei Church | Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site, Philadelphia, PA |
1850/10/18 | Jenny Lind performs in two concerts, October 18 and 19, at Musical Fund Hall, netting $19,000 | Musical Fund Hall, Philadelphia, PA |
1851/07/00 | Jenny Lind sings for an audience in the Old First Church on 129 Main St, Northampton, MA (burned down 1876). | First Churches of Northampton, Northampton, MA |
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