Georgina Stirling

Georgina Ann Stirling (April 3, 1867[1] – April 21, 1935) was a Newfoundland opera singer, known by her stage name Marie Toulinquet. Born in Twillingate, in Newfoundland, she became a world-renowned prima donna soprano who played in opera houses throughout Europe and United States. She was Newfoundland's first opera singer and became known as The Nightingale of the North.

  1. ^ Peyton, Amy Louise (1983). Nightingale of the North. Breakwater Books. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-920502-25-9.