Eugenia ''Mathilda'' Enequist, (1833–1898) was a Swedish opera singer and singing instructor, also known as ''Signora Biondini''. Born in

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, Sweden, the daughter of a vicar, Johan Enequist, she was educated in

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, and then in

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, where she was instructed by Masset and Levasseur before she was employed in the

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under the stage name Biondini (The Blonde), but soon moved to London, where she was a concert singer and singing instructor. Until 1879, she toured in Europe, also in her native Stockholm. She died, aged about 65, in

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References

* Österberg, Carin et al., ''Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare''. Lund: Signum 1990. () 1833 births 1898 deaths Swedish operatic sopranos Voice teachers Women of the Victorian era 19th-century Swedish women opera singers People from Gotland {{Sweden-opera-singer-stub