Amy Sherwin

Amy Sherwin

Amy Sherwin (23 March 1855 – 20 September 1935), the 'Tasmanian Nightingale', was an Australian soprano singer.

Frances Amy Lillian Sherwin was born at Forest Home, Huonville, Tasmania, in 1855 and was taught singing by her mother.

On 1 May 1878 she appeared with an Italian opera company at Hobart, Tasmania as Norina in "Don Pasquale" and made an immediate success. Proceeding to Melbourne with the company she sang Lucia in "Lucia di Lammermoor" on 3 June 1878, and was received with great enthusiasm, though it was realized that her voice needed further training. During the next few weeks she appeared as the title role in Wallace's opera Maritana, Leonora in "Il Trovatore", and in other leading parts.

Proceeding to America in 1879 she created the part of Marguerite in the first performance in America of Hector Berlioz's work, "The Damnation of Faust", in 1880. She studied under several masters both in America and in Europe, and appeared at the promenade concerts in London in 1883. In 1885 she sang at Covent Garden and afterwards with the Carl Rosa Company.

In 1887-9 she toured Australia, New Zealand, Japan, America and Germany with much success, in 1896 had a tour in South Africa, was in Australia again in 1897-8 and in 1902-3 toured with Kubelik. She subsequently revisited Australia, and in her later years taught singing at London where she died on 20 September 1935.

She married and was survived by a daughter. Madame Sherwin had an excellent light soprano voice and for a time had a successful career. She was optimistic and without any sense of business, and her last years were clouded by a struggle with sickness and poverty. In May 1934 about £200 was raised for her benefit at Hobart.

External references

*Deirdre Morris, ' [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060135b.htm Sherwin, Frances Amy Lillian (1855 - 1935)] ', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, Melbourne University Press, 1976, pp 120-121.
* [http://www.women.tas.gov.au/significantwomen/search/amy_sherwin.html Amy Sherwin] at the Significant Tasmanian Women site.
* [http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/whowaswho/S/SherwinAmy.htm Amy Sherwin] at the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company site.
* [http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~melbear/1888.htm Theatre in Melbourne 1888] and [http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~melbear/1888ak.htm Theatre in Auckland 1888] provide details of Amy Sherwin's performances for 1888.

References

*Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Amy|Last=Sherwin|Link=http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogSa-Sp.html#sherwin1


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