Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink

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Personal Info

Known for

Acting

From

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

Born

6/15/1861

Age

163

Credit(s)

5

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.