NILSSON, Christine
(*1843)> SOPRANO VOCALIST
NILSSON (Christine). Swedish soprano vocalist Wexiö, Wederslöf, Sweden, Aug. 20, 1843. S. under the Baroness Leuhusen (née Valerius), Berwald, and Wartel. Début at Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, Oct. 27, 1864, as Violetta in La Traviata. Début at H. M. Theatre, London, in same part, June 8, 1867. Sang at Birmingham Festival, 1867; do. Royal Italian Opera, 1868; in London again, 1870. Sang in the United States, 1870–72. Married to M. Auguste Rouzaud, July, 1872. Has since appeared in all the principal…