Florence Foster Jenkins: History’s Worst Opera Singer Who Sold Out The Carnegie Hall
“People may say I couldn’t sing, but no one can ever say I didn’t sing.“
Singers like Celine Dion and Mariah Carey are widely recognized for their talent. But for Florence Foster Jenkins, a 20th-Century American socialite, it was instead the opposite that made her famous in New York cultural scene.
An eccentric socialite diva.
As she liked to be called, Lady Florence showed a strong interest in arts and music, guiding her throughout her life. Born into a wealthy Pennsylvania family in 1868, she liked to enjoy her life as a socialite on the New York cultural scene.
But she was more than that.
She was also an opera singer.
President Soprano Hostess of her social organization since 1917, the Verdi Club, Florence Foster Jenkins surprisingly had a fan club of celebrities, including Cole Porter, Enrico Caruso, and Gian Carlo Menotti.
“But why is she labeled History’s worst opera singer?” you may ask.
She was known and recognized for failing to perform her recitals due to her lack of technical ability and vocal range. To be more precise, her intonation was known to…
