Eugenia Mathilda Enequist, (b. 1833 in Visby

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 - d. 1898 in London

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, England

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) was a Swedish opera singer and singing instructor, also known as Signora Biondini.

Born to vicar Johan Enequist, she was educated in Stockholm

Stockholm

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, Leipzig

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 and then in Paris

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, where she was instructed by Masset and Levasseur

Nicolas Levasseur

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 before she was employed in the Comédie-Italienne

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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.