Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (born 1861)

Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Austrian-American singer (1861–1936)

Ernestine Schumann-Heink was a Bohemian-born Austrian-American operatic dramatic contralto of German Bohemian descent. She was noted for the flexibility and wide range of her voice. Heink and Schumann were her two husbands' surnames.