Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Biodata

Place of Birth:

Libeň, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Prague, Czech Republic]

Date of Birth:

6/15/1861

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.