Nilsson, Christine
(1843–1921)> SOPRANO
Nilsson, Christine (20 August 1843, Wederslof; 22 November 1921, Stockholm) was an operatic soprano who studied at Stockholm first and then in Paris under the direction of Masset and Pierre Wartel . She gave evidence of talent and was engaged in 1864 by the Théâtre-Lyrique for a period of three years. After she had fulfilled her first London contract, she returned to Paris to sing with the Opéra between 1868 and 1870. She appeared as Ophélia in the premiere of Hamlet at the rue Le Peletier…