Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink's life had the before-and-after quality of a fairy tale. She was born in poverty and achieved riches. She was plain in appearance yet had a regal and impressive bearing on the concert …
March 27, 2026
Banquet for Schumann-Heink, 1915. The singer announced a plan to make the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park the setting for a summer festival rivaling Bayreuth’s.
Posted March 7, 2026
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Madame Shumann-Heink – a diva like no other