Florence Foster Jenkins Singing Queen of the Night by Mozart
Listen to audio of Florence Foster Jenkins
singing Mozart's "Queen of the Night" aria
from the opera
The Magic Flute.
This example of Jenkin's operatic voice,
or severe lack there of, is one of the
most popular recordings of the socialite.
She made the record in 1941 at Melotone
Studios in New York. Though such
recordings of Florence Foster Jenkins were
mainly listened to for amusement, they
have enabled her to be remembered long
after her death in 1944.
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