Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Born 15 June 1861 in Libeň, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Prague, Czech Republic]

Died 17 November 1936 (aged 75)

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Ernestine Schumann-Heink was a Czech-born German-American operatic contralto of German Bohemian descent. She was noted for the size, beauty, tonal richness, flexibility and wide range of her voice.