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Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Born: 1861-06-15 • Libeň, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Prague, Czech Republic]

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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.

Filmography
The Golden Twenties poster
The Golden Twenties
1950 • Self (archive footage)
Here's to Romance poster
Here's to Romance
1935 • Mme. Schumann-Heink
The Wedding March poster
The Wedding March
1928
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Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink
1927
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco poster
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
1915 • Herself