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The last new part in which Mdlle. Lind appeared, during the London season of 1847, was that of "Susanna," in Mozart's ever-welcome _Nozze di Figaro_.
The change, from the sombre gloom of Schiller's ghastly tragedy, to the airy brightness of the most perfect lyric comedy that the school of Vienna had ever given to the world, was a startling one indeed. A more convincing proof of the versatility of the singer's genius could scarcely have been given, had such a proof been needed.