Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink
6/15/1861 – 11/17/1936Libeň, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Prague, Czech Republic]
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.
