Josephine Zinck

[2] In 1851, she began singing in concerts at the Musikforeningen where she was acclaimed for her interpretation of songs from Così fan tutte and, in 1854, for playing the mother in the first performance of Niels Gade's Elverskud.

She received further training in London in 1857 from the Spanish singing instructor Manuel García, returning to Copenhagen to give a solo concert at the Casino Theatre.

[1] She first performed as an opera singer at the Royal Theatre in 1858, playing Benjamin in Étienne Méhul's Joseph.

She was even more successful as Ingeborg in Johann Hartmann's Liden Kirsten and was able to release the full potential of her talents as Orsini in Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia.

In 1869, on Gade's recommendation, she left the theatre to sing in Leipzig where she presented works by Peter Heise to great acclaim.