Schumann-Heink

[ shoo-mahn-hahyngk ]

noun

1. Ernestine, 1861–1936, U.S. contralto, born in Bohemia.

Example Sentences

Durbin was discovered by a casting director searching in Los Angeles singing schools for someone to play opera star Ernestine Schumann-Heink as a child.

From Fox News

She was discovered by an MGM casting director searching Los Angeles singing schools for someone to portray the opera star Ernestine Schumann-Heink as a child.

From New York Times

No amount of advice or persuasion can make her believe that her child cannot become another Tetrazzini, or Garden, or Schumann-Heink, if only the impresario will give her a chance.

From Project Gutenberg

An alto of extraordinary range, like Schumann-Heink, may be able to achieve high soprano in the head register.

From Project Gutenberg

Then a violin solo, “Tambourin Chinois,” by some man with a foreign name; and at last the record that he liked the best, the “Cradle Song,” by Schumann-Heink.

From Project Gutenberg